LAUGHING ATTACK by Eddie Trapp – APRIL 30, 2015
1381 LAUGHING ATTACK APRIL 30, 2015 Years ago many people liked to play tricks on each other since they were limited on other entertainment options. I have told you of Ma dressing up like a man then hiding in a gully beside a road and raising up to scare Aunt Ina half to death. Of Ma putting on a man’s clothes when it was a report of a crazy man running loose and scaring one of her sisters. Of my daddy going out to burn trash, pouring...
Time Running Out on SB1158
Having received no new word on the progress of SB1158 in the Texas Senate Finance Committee, Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom notes that time is running out on the bill that would allow county voters to approve or disapprove an increase in sales tax up to one-half percent to pay for the new county jail. The sales tax would take the place of a property tax increase this year and could be used only for the cost of the jail. Although...
Renovation of Old City Hall Advancing Rapidly
The renovation of one end of Old City Hall is moving along rapidly. The city business office will return once the work is completed and the police station will double in size as space formerly used for city management will become space for the Sulphur Springs Police Emergency Management and office for detectives. City Director of Finance Peter Karstens is overseeing the project and he gave me and videographer Doug Hasten a tour Monday...
Miller Grove News by Brandon Darrow
Sunday’s Historical Marker Dedication service for County Line School went well. There were about 65 people in attendance and 12 of those were students who attended school in the old frame school house. Previous students were: James Watts, Elwood Watts, Lewis Watts, Edward Watts, Bob Middleton, Charles Carter, Alvis Gilbert, Barbara Joe (Carter) Mitchell, Joy Nell (Bloodsworth) Evans, Bonnie (Carter) Fry, and Thelya (White) Bone....
Chamber Connection April 16, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Congratulations to Mattison Insurance for being the Low Net winners at the Golf Tournament! Thank you to the 230 golfers that participated in the Chamber Golf Tournament last Friday! It was an absolutely beautiful day at the Sulphur Springs Country Club! Although no one hit a hole in one for the $250,000 from Baucom Insurance, or the Dodge Truck from SS Dodge, or the Kubota from Farm Country OR the $5,000 from The Communications...
Chamber Connection by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection April 9, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament—Come out for the FUN!! This Friday we will be having a wonderful time at the beautifully renovated Sulphur Springs Country Club! If you would like more information, please call 903-885-6515. There are several morning tee times remaining, so get your forms in NOW. We will have lots of contest holes, hole in one chances plus much more! If you...
House Democrats Push Minimum Wage Hike
Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune – April 7, 2015 Claudia Colon, single mother of a 4-year-old son, cleans between 35 and 40 guest rooms a day at an Austin hotel. She makes $8.25 an hour, or $330 a week. “Can you imagine what it feels like to have a full-time job and not have enough money to take care of your children?” Colon, her testimony translated from Spanish, asked members of the House Business and Industry Committee on Tuesday...
Watch Party and Voting for Hannah on The Voice
Sulphur Springs Downtown Business Alliance will once again host a Watch Party for Hannah Monday night when she appears on the Live Rounds of NBC’s The Voice. The Watch Party will be in the gym of the First United Methodist Church. Everyone, whether at the Watch Party or watching The Voice at home, is invited to attend and help support Hannah by voting. There are several ways one may vote for Hannah. By following a few steps, each...
Commissioner Wisenbaker Promotes Sales Tax Bill
County Judge Robert Newsom and the County Commissioners have been in Austin this week lobbying on behalf of their bill which would allow them to ask voters to let them pay for the new County Jail with increased sales tax in lieu of property taxes. A seven cent increase in the tax rate would be done away with. The bill continues to make it way through the system. Some have expressed opposition to the bill saying it’s bad for...
Rural Hospitals, One of the Cornerstones of Small-town Life, Face Increasing Pressure
March 23, 2015 by Guy Gugliotta Kaiser Health News Despite residents’ concerns and a continuing need for services, the 25-bed hospital that served this small East Texas town for more than 25 years closed its doors at the end of 2014, joining the ranks of dozens of other small rural hospitals that have been unable to weather the punishment of a changing national health care environment. For the high percentages of elderly and uninsured...
