You’re Invited to Rodeo and Fight Cancer!
Rowdy France, Event Coordinator for the 7th Annual Fall Ranch Rodeo and Meredith Caddell, Executive Director of the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation will “team up” during the one-time rodeo performance on Saturday night. This year, proceeds from the rodeo event will be earmarked for opening the “In My Closet” cancer closet. Starting on Tuesdays in November, local cancer patients will be able to choose from...
Chamber Connection-October 27
by Lezley Brown I have had elders counsel me that decades before this one were in fact scary and unforeseen. Words like this have encouraged me to understand that when in the moment, time can be scary. I’m unhappy about the world we are living in because so often it seems the bad overpowers the good. The election is a nightmare. Violence is shocking and ever present. Words are abundant and hurtful. But I witnessed something this...
Anglin Answers Myth, Fact Issues Regarding PJC Proposal
by Dr. Pam Anglin, A.B.A., B.B.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., C.P.A. MYTH: On November 8 residents of the Paris Junior College (PJC) service area outside the taxing district will decide whether to be annexed into the PJC tax base. While the initial increase is being advertised as low as 8.5 cents per $100 evaluation, that figure can be unilaterally increased to 27 cents per $100 without any authorization by the citizens of the county once they...
Agrilife: Arts and Crafts Show Highlights Fall Festival
Creative Arts Contest Results The 2016 Hopkins County Fall Festival has come and gone until next year, and we could not have asked for better weather! Sun shine and a gentle breeze greeted fair-goers. Two of the highlights each year are the Arts & Crafts Show (by the way, I purchased some absolutely fabulous items handcrafted items!), and the Creative Arts Contest. Hopkins County residents showcased their talents in the...
Hospital District Selects Folwell for District Manager; Hears Reports on Physician Recruitment
Hopkins County Hospital District Board authorized the remount of Medic 6, heard reports regarding nursing homes owned, and employed Ron Folwell as Manager for the district during their meeting Monday night in the hospital conference room. Medic 6 will mount the emergency medical service box on a new chassis and be restored. According to EMS, a remount on a Medic unit will be done on a yearly basis. Currently, there are seven units....
Hospital District Board to Name Operations Manager
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors will meet Monday, October 24, 2016 in the Plaza Conference Room at 6 p.m. The Hospital District Board continues to meet and transact business that affects the 49% ownership in the local hospital. The board will consider capital purchases for an ambulance remount for Medic 6, a radio repeater and antenna link and equipment and furniture for an EMS station. Reports to the board will be...
Chamber of Commerce Announces 47th Annual Stew Contest Winners
As Announced by The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Executive Lezley Brown here are the 2016 winners of the World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest: (Pictures of winners will be posted shortly.) Third place beef stew winner was the team of__#34 Kody Cox________________________, sponsored by ___Texas Farm Credit_________________________________. Their $50 prize money was provided by Billy Emerson for County Commissioner Pct 3....
An AgriLife Update By Johanna Hicks
Christmas Joys Update Wow, we have had a tremendous response to the 43rd annual Extension “Christmas Joys” holiday program! Both sessions, scheduled for Monday, November 7, are full (and have been for quite a while). We will try to call everyone to confirm, but if you reserved a seat, and know you cannot come, please contact my office so we can call those on the waiting list. If you are on the waiting list, don’t be discouraged. I...
Two Enter Pleas in Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday
October 19, 2016 – Two men were sentenced to three years following plea bargain agreements Wednesday. Roger Petrea, Jr., plead guilty Wednesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court to Injury to a Child with intent bodily injury and received a three year term in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Petrea, 29, were arrested Tuesday, June 14, 2016 on a warrant at the Child Protective Services office in Sulphur Springs....
Bi-Partisan Candidate’s Forum Held
PARTY CHAIRS TOMMY LONG AND DONNIE WISENBAKER Approximately 75 Republicans and Democrats attended a bi-partisan Candidate’s Forum on Tuesday evening October 18, 2016 in the Fellowship Hall of League Street Church of Christ in Sulphur Springs. Republican party chair Donnie Wisenbaker and Democratic party chair Tommy Long welcomed the audience. Moderator was Dr. John Allen and timekeeper was Dr. Suzanne Bankston. On the schedule...
