Infection Control Complaint Under Investigation; Hospital Board approves Tax Rate and Purchases
A recent patient complaint against Hopkins County Memorial Hospital has attracted the attention of CMS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Three surveyors have visited the hospital campus to investigate the complaint’s validity. The complaint apparently involves infection control. Hospital CEO Michael McAndrew told the Board Monday night at least one of the surveyors seemed to be on a mission to find the hospital...
Lights of Life Track and Field Certified Half Marathon is Saturday
The 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign is hosting the 2nd annual Half Marathon relay benefiting the campaign. The official US Track & Field Certified Half Marathon is one of the mini-events added to the 2015-2016 campaign. The only half marathon relay in Hopkins County, the run is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2015, 7:30a.m. – 12 noon. The course will be repeated twice and will start and finish on Celebration Plaza. “Our...
Annual Extension “Christmas Joys” Holiday Program
Annual Extension “Christmas Joys” Holiday Program Time is flying! School just started yesterday (or so it seems), and fall is officially here. I love the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, and my thoughts have turned to the annual “Christmas Joys” holiday program. It appears that many others have also thought about it, judging from the number of individuals who have called to reserve seats! For those who are not familiar with the...
2015 Fall Festival Creative Arts Contest and Arts & Craft Show
2015 Fall Festival Creative Arts Contest and Arts & Craft Show Excitement is building for the 2015 Hopkins County Fall Festival. You have probably already heard about the Freedom Ride, Battle of the Bands, and the Golf Tournament. Many more events are in store, beginning Saturday, October 17, with the Fall Festival Parade and continuing through the following weekend. The Creative Arts Contest give Hopkins County residents an...
Sulphur Springs City Council Special Meeting Agenda
The special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis Street. The following items will be discussed: Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag, Texas Flag, and invocation. Discussion/action on public hearing for second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2667, the appropriations ordinance for the City of Sulphur Springs fiscal year...
It is the how and when that is important – by Mario Villarino
It is the how and when that is important I often confirm that knowing how to do something is just as important as when to do it. Agriculture has that particular characteristic. What makes perfect sense one time of the year can be disaster in another. A new learning process in north east Texas ranching is the understanding of when and how much to graze native grass pastures. According to extension publications from The Missouri...
National 4-H Week – Join us for the Festivities!
National 4-H Week – Join us for the Festivities! Hopkins County 4-H’ers will be among thousands across the state celebrating National 4-H Week, October 4 thru 10. A full slate of activities will put our 4-H members in the limelight: Starting on Saturday, October 3, you will find our youth “tying the town green!” as they attach green ribbons to lamp posts, business doors, and the courthouse railing. On Sunday, October 4, we are...
“Updated” Barricaded Man Found Dead in Today’s Standoff with Law Enforcement Now Identified
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, a member of the SWAT team, told KSST News that the individual who barricaded himself from police this morning is apparently dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. Justice of the Peace B J Teer agreed. Teer pronounced the time of death for 55-year old Roger Lane Petty as noon Thursday, September 10, 2015. Teer has ordered an autopsy to be performed by American Forensics of Mesquite. Teer released...
Memorial Hospital Joins Project to Improve Breastfeeding Rates
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital is one of 33 Texas hospitals participating in a statewide effort to improve breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers, according to Alma Carter, Program Director for National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ). Carter said, “Despite the many benefits of breastfeeding, only 21.3 percent of Texas mothers...
Fabulous Fall Friday!
Fabulous Fall Friday! Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offers workshops, seminars, programs, lesson series, camps, newsletters, on-line courses, and so much more! As your Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences, my focus is on nutrition, health and wellness, family relations, budgeting, and family resources. Many of you are familiar with the annual “Christmas Joys” holiday program (which we are now taking...
