What’s Up with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension? By Johanna Hicks
What’s Up with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension? Spring is here, and at the Hopkins County Extension Office, we have hit the ground running! So many opportunities are available and we don’t want you to miss out. Below are dates, times, locations, and description of upcoming events, some of which are for certain groups, and others are open to anyone. Teen Safety Day When: Thursday, April 19 Where: Hopkins County...
Haystack Youth Choir, Sponsors Help Give NE Texas Kids a Brighter Easter
Portfolio Resident Services Provides Easter Baskets for Subsidized Families Across North East Texas Sulphur Springs, Texas (February 27, 2018) — In Spring of 2016 and 2017, Heartland Village Apartments partnered with Discovery Toys Independent Consultant Juli Woolley to provide Easter baskets for children living in their housing facilities. Businesses and individuals made cash and in kind donations to offset the cost of the...
Walk the Walk to Lighten Up, East Texas By Johanna Hicks
Walk the Walk to Lighten Up, East Texas! Last week, this column focused on how we can help stop or slow the spread of germs during this cold and flu season. Thanks for the positive feedback! Along the lines of health and wellness, I want to tell you about an opportunity that will kick off in February, just in time to get in shape for the spring and summer months! Be a part of Walk Across Texas! What is...
Walk and Talk Reaches Half-way Point By Johanna Hicks
Walk & Talk Reaches Half-way Point Several years ago, an initiative was created to encourage individuals to get up and get active. “Walk Across Texas” is designed to inspire physical activity and comradery among teams of up to eight people with the ultimate goal of logging 833 miles (distance from Beaumont to El Paso) during an 8-week period. The on-line link allows participants to calculate miles according to the type of...
WRECK IN WELLINGTON, TEXAS APRIL 9, 2015 by Eddie Trapp
WRECK IN WELLINGTON, TEXAS APRIL 9, 2015 Continued from last week. The Bonnie and Clyde gang was hiding out in Joplin, Missouri when a neighbor called the police about all night, loud parties. The unfortunate officers had no idea who they were dealing with. Although taken by surprise, Clyde, Jones, and Buck quickly killed a detective and wounded a constable. Bonnie used her Browning Automatic Rifle to keep a highway patrolman pinned...
Hard To Walk In Ski Boots #1363 by Eddie Trapp 12/18/2014
During the 1986 deer season there was a huge buck roaming near Kensing. The first time I saw him Jean and I were riding around north of Vasco. We turned around at L.D. Malone’s grain tanks and stopped for a minute to look northeast out over several hundred acres of “green stuff.” Several deer were running across the field almost a mile from us. The late afternoon Sun seemed to illuminate the huge rack on the buck. It was the largest I...
Second Cup of Coffee with Hopkins County A&M AgriLife Extension Service Family Agent Lisa Sprague
Below is another A Second Cup of Coffee with John Mark Dempsey with Hopkins County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Family and Community Health agent Lisa Sprague. In this episode John Mark and agent Lisa Sprague discuss the Walk Across Texas project, 4H, and other subjects. Give it a view and learn about some other activities you can participate in our community. A Second Cup of Coffee with John Mark...
Johanna Hicks To Retire As Extension Agent
When Hopkins County Commissioners Court convened for what is the last scheduled meeting of 2022, County Judge Robert Newsom announced what he called a bit of sad news: it would be Johanna Hicks’ last regular Extension activity report during Commissioners Court. Hicks plans to retire at the end of January as Hopkins County’s Family and Community Health Extension Agent. Hicks has dedicated 27 years of service to educating...
A Year in Review – Master Wellness Volunteers
By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife FCH Extension Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] This is the fourth in a series of program impacts conducted by the Family & Community Health Extension agent. Relevance Volunteers are the backbone of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Hopkins County has a strong group of 14 Master Wellness Volunteers who have received 40 hours of training in the areas of health and wellness, nutrition,...
