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Allergy Alert Issued For 365 Everyday Value Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cremes
Dec21

Allergy Alert Issued For 365 Everyday Value Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cremes

An allergy alert has been issued for 365 Everyday Value Dark Chocolate Sandwich Cremes due to undeclared milk and coconut. Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling 365 Everyday Value Dark Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cremes and 365 Everyday Value Dark Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt Sandwich Cremes because the products may contain undeclared milk or tree nuts (coconut). People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk or...

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Meal a Day Inside the Seniors Center Is Supported by Volunteers, Donations
Oct21

Meal a Day Inside the Seniors Center Is Supported by Volunteers, Donations

The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center is in the spotlight right now, as Early Voting has begun for a Bond Election which would allow for the construction of a new, larger Senior Citizens Center on property already owned by the City. The Meal-a Day operation is also a major part of the daily usage of the Seniors Center. Here is some information about the Meal-a-Day program. According to Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur...

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Pasta Sauces, Certain Packaged Salads Latest Foods Being Recalled
Jul22

Pasta Sauces, Certain Packaged Salads Latest Foods Being Recalled

At least five different kinds of Ragu pasta sauces, four types of Archer Farms-brand  and Freskëtbrand packaged salads, and an Archer Farms brand sandwich are among the latest round of foods being voluntarily recalled. RAGÚ® Pasta Sauces Mizkan America, Inc., announced last week and the FDA over the weekend, the voluntary recall of select the five types of RAGÚ® pasta sauces produced between June 4-8  because the sauce may contain...

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Flowers Foods Inc. Recalls Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns, Other Baked Items
Jul10

Flowers Foods Inc. Recalls Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns, Other Baked Items

If you’re planning to have a burger or hot dog, or to serve dinner rolls, you’ll want to be sure to check the packaging as numerous brands produced by Flowers Foods Inc. are being recalled. Flowers Foods Inc. issued the voluntarily recall of certain hamburger and hot dog buns and other bakery products on July 9 due to the potential presence of small pieces of hard plastic that may have been introduced during production....

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Top 10 Anti-inflammatory Foods
Jun28

Top 10 Anti-inflammatory Foods

Johanna Hicks Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Consumer Sciences, 1200-B W. Houston, P.O.Box 518 Sulphur springs, TX 75483 903-885-3443 – phone 903-439-4909 – Fax [email protected] By Johanna Hicks A lot of information comes across my desk every day.  Nutrition is constantly evolving, making it difficult to keep up with what’s good for you and what isn’t! As Family and Community Health Extension Agents across...

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Relay For Life Supporters Pack The ROC Friday
May12

Relay For Life Supporters Pack The ROC Friday

Relay For Life Tri Counties-Texas wrapped up late Friday night with more than $40,000 raised online and during the annual American Cancer Society benefit and awareness event. Committee members shortly after midnight were still collecting funds, but said early estimates were for more than $40,000 collected for RFL, and counting. Donations can be made year round, and teams who wish to continue fundraising online and otherwise can do so...

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Cinco de Mayo Celebration Planned for Saturday May 4 on Celebration Plaza
Apr29

Cinco de Mayo Celebration Planned for Saturday May 4 on Celebration Plaza

Regarded as the largest gathering of people on the downtown plaza, the Cinco de Mayo celebration is 2018 is said to have brought close to 10,000 people to the Sulphur Springs downtown district. Now, this year’s celebration is being planned for Saturday May 4, 2019 . The festival will begin at 1pm and conclude before midnight. According to Oscar Aguilar, one of the organizers, there will be music and entertainment acts, all kinds...

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New Laptops For High School, A Tax Overpayment Among Items Approved By SSISD Trustees Monday
Apr09

New Laptops For High School, A Tax Overpayment Among Items Approved By SSISD Trustees Monday

Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees approved funding for lease of laptops to replace the aging units at high school, a tax overpayment refund, extension of the district’s depository contract, and English language arts and reading instructional materials. Laptop lease SSISD Superintendent Michael Lamb discusses with trustees during their regular April meeting options for new laptop leases for high...

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Kids’ Camp: Fun, Food, Fitness By Johanna Hicks
Dec14

Kids’ Camp: Fun, Food, Fitness By Johanna Hicks

Note: this is the 3rd in a series of “A Year in Review,” highlighting major program efforts in the area of Family & Community Health.  Any parent who has had a 1st thru 4th grade child in the Sulphur Springs ISD the past 8 years has probably heard of this camp.  The camp, started in 2010, was developed by the Community Health/Wellness Alliance as a way to address childhood health in Hopkins County.  Relevance: ...

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Del Monte Foods Recalls 64,000 Cases of Canned Corn Shipped to Texas and 24 Other States
Dec13

Del Monte Foods Recalls 64,000 Cases of Canned Corn Shipped to Texas and 24 Other States

Editors Note: Johanna Hicks with Texas Agrilife informed KSST News of a canned food recall by Del Monte/ Del Monte Foods is recalling more than 64,000 cases of canned corn that was not properly processed, which can result in contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens that can lead to life-threatening illness if consumed. The multinational corporation sent the recalled Fiesta Corn with Red & Green Peppers to “multiple...

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