Cover Girl Contestants
Oct07

Cover Girl Contestants

The reigning 2013-2014 Cover Girl, Sarah Weatheread, a Senior at North Hopkins High School, is the daughter of John and Melissa Weatheread. She is a member of the Lady Panthers volleyball and softball teams. She is a member of the Hopkins County 4-H, BETA Club and participates in UIL.She attends church at the First Assembly of God in Cooper. After completing high school, Sarah plans to get her teaching degree at Texas...

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Chamber Connection October 2, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Oct02

Chamber Connection October 2, 2014 by Meredith Caddell

Thank you to everyone who attended the Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening for Brendal’s Bakery Guests were treated to a wide array of delicious cupcakes as we celebrated with owners Gary & Brenda LaMonte, the grand opening of Brendal’s Bakery & Cupcake Couture! They are located at the corner of Main & Gilmer Street. The bakery offers a wide array of products from cupcakes, cookies, any kind of cake imaginable, plus many...

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Hopkins County 4-H Year Has Started!
Aug27

Hopkins County 4-H Year Has Started!

4-H is a national organization which helps young people develop life-long knowledge and skills to become engaged citizens. Through 4-H, youth are also taught how to meet the diversities and challenges of today’s society by bringing together youth and adults to design programs that will teach skills for living. 4-H is truly a model of the “learning by doing” teaching concept. It reaches people in their own communities with delivery...

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Chamber Connection, 7/31/14 by Meredith Caddell
Jul31

Chamber Connection, 7/31/14 by Meredith Caddell

ATTENTION ALL CHAMBER MEMBERS…please READ! Directory Update in August! This year, we are going to create an addendum (insert) to our Membership Directory that was published in January. Thirty new members have joined since January 2014 so we want to add them to the directory. This gives you an opportunity to let us know if any of your information in this year’s directory needs to be corrected. PLEASE CHECK YOUR DIRECTORY FOR YOUR...

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Chamber Connection July 24th by Meredith Caddell
Jul24

Chamber Connection July 24th by Meredith Caddell

Please join us TONIGHT for the Business After Hours at Holiday Inn Express-5-6:30!!! ATTENTION ALL CHAMBER MEMBERS…please READ! Directory Update in August! This year, we are going to create an addendum (insert) to our Membership Directory that was published in January. Thirty new members have joined since January 2014 so we want to add them to the directory. This gives you an opportunity to let us know if any of your information in...

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Upcoming Events Brought to You by Your County Extension Office

Upcoming Events Brought to You by Your County Extension Office If you keep up with local happenings, you will often see Texas A&M AgriLife Extension listed as the primary provider or collaborator. Improving the lives of people, businesses, and communities across Texas and beyond through high-quality, relevant education is Extension’s mission. Through the programs Extension faculty members provide, Texans are better prepared to: ·...

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Chamber Connection 07/17/2014
Jul17

Chamber Connection 07/17/2014

Thank you to everyone who attended the 100th Birthday of the Old Post Office/New City Hall, Tuesday, July 15th @ 10am The weather was beautiful; the attendance was powerful; the building amazing; and the celebration was wonderful! Pastor Harold B. Nash gave the invocation, and Freddie Taylor, Mayor, welcomed everyone to the special occasion. John Sellers, past mayor, city councilman and local historian, gave an outstanding talk on the...

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Chamber Connection  July 10th. 2014
Jul10

Chamber Connection July 10th. 2014

Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting & grand re-opening of BEF Foods. Guests were treated to a full breakfast featuring BEF Foods products such as breakfast burritos, sausages, hashbrowns and biscuits, catered by Plain & Fancy as we celebrated another wonderful expansion for BEF Foods. Since their arrival to Sulphur Springs, this is their second expansion which now has increased their number of employees to...

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Chamber Connection July 3rd by Meredith Caddell
Jul03

Chamber Connection July 3rd by Meredith Caddell

Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Freedom Realty! Kris & Lisa Childress welcomed a large group of business people to their beautiful new office at 1428 S. Broadway in Sulphur Springs! Guests were treated to sandwiches, wraps, chips, cookies and drinks, while Kris shared their perspective on the real estate experience. They are committed to their clients’ best interests whether it’s residential, commercial,...

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Celebration City Branding
Jun19

Celebration City Branding

There is a billboard on I-30 that announces Sulphur Springs as The Celebration City. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says the Branding Leadership Team has met and will continue to do so. He says a big early project will be way finding. That’s the use to signage to direct people downtown. Maxwell says the big question these days is “what’s going on downtown this weekend?” By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...

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