Rodeo Starts Tonight
Here’s ways you can support Rodeo this week, as we head toward the Cinch UFR coming to town this weekend… Take the kids to see the stagecoach on Celebration Plaza this Thursday night. It’s a beautifully restored Butterfield Stagecoach which belongs to a local owner. Dress Western on Friday. Just wear your western duds to school, work and show your support of rodeo. And stop in at the KSST Studio and let us snap your photo for our...
Chamber Connection 11/12/14 by Meredith Caddell
Stew Cooks–Pictures are in and available for pick up at the Chamber at 300 Connally Street Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting for Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln. Thank you to everyone who attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln. Hundreds of guests were treated to a fabulous lunch, hosted by the Toliver’s as they shared their beautiful new showroom with the community. Representatives from Ford...
Peter Karstens Discusses Renovating the Old City Hall
In order to renovate old Sulphur Springs City Hall, the city business office, water department and tax collection office will be relocated to a temporary building that will be located just west of old City Hall. The building will arrive the week before Thanksgiving and should open the week after Thanksgiving. The drive-through pay window is being replaced by a machine where bills can be paid. City departments will relocate to old City...
Chamber Connection 11/6/14 by Meredith Caddell
Stew Cooks Pictures are in and available for pick up at the Chamber at 300 Connally Street Hamilton Bake Sale, Friday, November 7th at First United Methodist Church Looking for some yummy goodies for the weekend? Then stop by the Hamilton Bake sale at FUMC Friday, November 7th at 8am and you will be glad you did. Funds for Phoebe Bake Sale, Friday, November 7th on the Square from 8-1 Central Christian Academy is hosting a bake sale...
Coach Owens on Marshall Friday Night
The Wildcats’ football team will probably be going into a wild atmosphere in Marshall Friday to play the Mavericks in a key district game with playoff implications. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens wants the players to look at it as a business trip with work to do. He says he likes it when the team is focused and he reports they have been this week.
Arturo’s Wood Oven Pizza Comes to Sulphur Springs
Arturo’s Pizza, a wood oven restaurant, is coming to Main Street in downtown Sulphur Springs. The owners of the establishment, Arthur and Tina Kunzman, are jumping right into the renewal spirit of Sulphur Springs with their brand new business, the idea of which was conceived from their former home in Iowa. “We moved here on a dream,” Arthur Kunzman said. “We’ve had the right help in the right places and...
Chamber Connection October 30, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Thank you Hopkins County for Making Stew Fest 2014 a HUGE Success!!! To host an event that gathers over 7000 people in one day, takes a TON of dedicated volunteers to make it happen. I cannot go another day without thanking all of the wonderful people who helped with the stew contest. It would take the whole paper to list them all but I will try to list them in categories…so here goes…Thank you Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors...
United Way 100 % Club for October 21, 2014
I hope you’ve had a good weekend! I had “computer issues” last week, so I am just now sending our 100% Club listing from last week’s meeting. Thank you for your patience. We will meet this Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 9:30 a.m. at the Texas AgriLife Extension office. I hope to see you there! I also want to remind you that Chili’s is sponsoring a Give Back event for us that same day! From open to close, but customers must mention HCUW to...
Chamber Connection October 23, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Record # of Cooks for the Stew Fest 2014, October 25th at Buford Park! Get your tickets NOW Stew Cooks have been pouring in over the past few weeks and we will have the most stew cooks EVER! In 2012, we had 144 stew cooks. To date, 154 stew cooking teams. So, mark your calendars NOW to spend your Saturday, October 25th in Sulphur Springs for Stew Fest 2014…it is going to be a GREAT event! For just $5, you can get a bowl and make your...
Bo Studio Facade Constuction
The studio 222 at 222 Main Street is having repairs done to the exterior of the building. “Due to the desires of the city to make downtown look better, I thought maybe I better get with the program,” Studio 222 owner Deborah Bohanon said. “Right now it’s just exterior because I did a lot of work on the interior the first year or two to set it up for recording. It’s mainly just repair of the concrete and...
