Chamber Connection September 4, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Congratulations to Big Smith’s BBQ & Catfish for 25 years of service! Thank you to everyone who attended the 25th anniversary celebration and ribbon cutting for Big Smith’s! Donna & Steve Smith greeted all of the guests and presented awards to employees who had worked for them over 12 years!!! Steve Smith thanked everyone for their support and reminded them that they not only have the restaurant at 4858 Hwy 154 S, but they...
Chamber Connection, August 21st by Meredith Caddell
Fun Day & Cookout benefitting St. Jude, Saturday, August 23rd @ 4:00pm at 948 Main Street Each day at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, more than 260 children are provided with compete and total medical care. No family ever pays St. Jude for anything. This is all made possible because of the volunteers throughout this country who have joined St. Jude in the battle against childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. Together...
SLOBBER AND PURDY ROLL, AUGUST 14, 2014, #1345
Saturday morning my dogs needed some exercise and a man was having hog trouble in his maize patch. Let’s go hunting. While still dark, dogs Zack, Purdy, Slobber, and I were waiting at the Charleston Square for Johnny Hurley that was supposed to go with me and bring a catch dog. It was his idea to meet at 6:00 but he didn’t show up. I had wanted to meet at 7:00 to get an extra hour of sleep. At 6:10, I drove toward North Sulphur and...
Chamber Connection 08/07
MADD Fundraiser to be hosted at Panda Express TOMORROW, August 9th from 11:30-2:30. Please help support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), tomorrow, August 9th from 11:30-2:30 at Panda Express. If you will mention MADD when you place your order, 20% of the order will go to the Hopkins County Walk Like MADD fundraiser! The Hopkins County Walk Like MADD Glow Walk will take place Saturday, September 27th at Buford Park with kids...
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...
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...
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...
4-H Members are Geared Up for a Busy Summer
“The Great Outdoors!” was the theme for the 2014 4-H Multi-county 4-H Camp. Hopkins County sent nineteen 4-H members and leaders to this fun camp. We generally have the largest group of any county there, and our kids bring home lots of awards! Big thanks go to Jeremy Bridges, Billy Branch, and Ruthie Mayers for assisting Mario and me with the shooting sports and sewing workshops! Other workshops included Outdoor First Aid, Ropes...
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...
Tira News 07/09/14
The Tira Homecoming was held on Sunday, July 6th. Our gathering was smaller than normal and we missed those who couldn’t attend. Martha Payton shares, “We thank those that sent their donations by mail, plus it is always heart warming to read your notes and letters.” She reports that the regular contributions were $4,444.00 and a special offering, toward clearing more land for plots in the future, totaled $1,681.00. The church and...
