Back to School Safety Tips for Motorists and Kids
It seems like summer is just starting to really heat up in Texas, yet it is almost time for children to go back to school. Soon motorists will be sharing the roads with school buses, children walking or on bicycles, and even lots of new teen drivers taking their first car to school. Drivers need to be vigilant because school children can be very unpredictable. They’re easily distracted and can often run into traffic or out from behind...
Trade and the Beef Industry
As part of the Beef Short Course report I want to share portion of the information given during the course that I got a chance to participate. An important topic that always gets my attention is regulatory issues affecting trade. As you know, is not any good to produce cattle if you cannot sell it. Regulatory issue can affect trading capacity of our beef industry, so it is important to be aware of those potential issues affecting...
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...
Ark-Tex Council of Governments will be Meeting Thursday
The Executive Committee of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments will be meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Luminant Community Room in Mt. Pleasant. COG Executive Director Chris Brown is scheduled to present an update on the transportation programs. Recently the COG took over operation of the TRAX Transportation System due to unspecified problems with the previous running of the system. In Hopkins County, TRAX buses continue to operate...
Tree Recovery
Tree recovery. Our summer season with intensive heat is hard in all plants and even trees suffer the consequences of the weather. Even adapted trees can engage into protective mechanisms of heat avoidance by reducing foliage, dropping leaves in high numbers. If your tree experience foliage droppings in unusual amounts, it might be this response mechanism in action. Because the recent years of drought, several tree populations around...
Plano Woman Killed in Accident
A 45-year old Plano woman was killed in Hopkins County Thursday afternoon after she was thrown off of a motorcycle she was riding on after a blowout. Dead is Ianetta Maria Crafton. JP Ronny Glossup pronounced her dead at the scene. The driver of the motorcycle, 50-year old Jerrold Crafton was taken by EMS to Hopkins County Memorial Hospital where he is in stable condition. The accident occurred on I-30 near Cumby just before 4 p.m....
Fall Gardening by Mario Villarino
The fall offers a gardening opportunity that few people take advance from. When referring to fall gardening, Texas A&M AgriLife recommends: Once the decision to have a fall garden has been reached, a gardener must take action–drastic action. One must pull out some of those plants that have been nurtured from “babies” in the spring to monsters now. This takes courage and faith! It is recommend that all plants,...
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...
June 23, 2014 From the Director’s Notebook
“What kind of Library User are you?” Are you a Library Lover or are you a Distant Admirer? Do you value and utilize your public library? Do you attend programs, use the computers, check out books, DVD’s, audio books? Do you volunteer? Do you direct friends, guests or visitors to the library? Did you know that just by attending a program, the library can count you in its statistics by showing how valuable it is to the community? By...
