August Gardening Guidelines
August is here and gardening is far from the minds of most folks. An ice cold lemonade and deep shade to beat the heat is what most gardening calendars call for. However, fall is right around the corner and here are a few tips to get you through the scorching days of August and into the “second spring” of the south – fall. According to K.C. Hansen, former Extension Horticulturist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services in the...
Chamber Connection July 23, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for North Texas Power Shopper. Jeff & Lois Schollmeyer held the ribbon cutting at the chamber and explained to the crowd that they were retired military, brought his wife home to her roots, and wanted to start a business that would benefit both the buyer and the seller. Jeff explained, “Connecting consumers with local businesses is what North Texas PowerShopper is...
Summer Vacations with Children
My best childhood memories involved family vacations. We were a family of campers, and I can still recall breathing in the fresh mountain air, relaxing by the light of a campfire, roasting marshmallows over open flame, hiking on beautiful trails, dipping our toes into ice cold streams, skipping rocks across glass-smooth lakes, consuming freshly made breakfast under our dining tarp, curling up in a sleeping bag, and most of all,...
“Updated” Memorial Hospital Partners with CHRISTUS Health
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors has announced the selection of CHRISTUS Health as its proposed partner in the ongoing management and operation of the hospital. The organizations have signed a non-binding letter of intent, taking the first step toward finalizing their relationship. When the deal is completed, CHRISTUS Health will acquire the majority share of and will manage the hospital, clinic, and related...
Chamber Connection May 21, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Texas State Champion Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-Off-Saturday, June 13th! Get your forms in Now!!! Entry forms are available for the 14th Annual Texas State Champion Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-Off at the Chamber of Commerce office at 300 Connally Street. The event will take place on Saturday, June 13th at 4:00pm at the Civic Center! Prizes are awarded in three categories: Little Dips (Ages 6-12), Big Dips (Ages 13 and Older) and...
HCMH Continues to Refine Customer Service
It’s Hospital Week on KSST Morning Show and Anitha Sanderson, Director of Medical-Surgical Pediatric Floors at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital and Sherry Moore, Marketing Director at Memorial, were guests. Sanderson supervises approximately 70 nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants. She has worked at HCMH over 8 years. Moore says the local hospital continues to promote and refine customer services to make a patient’s stay more...
Chamber Connection May 14, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Silver Cactus Emporium & Gospel Opry! Buddy and Ina Gore welcomed guests to their ribbon cutting for the Silver Cactus Emporium Antique & Craft Mall as well as the Gospel Opry yesterday afternoon! Whether you need space for a family get together, birthday party, music show, anniversary party…the sky is the limit. They have facilities that include tables &...
Mary Jo Parker
Funeral Services for Mary Jo Parker, age 75 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Perkins and Melvin Joslin, Jr. officiating. Interment will be at North Hopkins Cemetery with Floyd Lawson, Jerry Don Gibby, Andy Wright, Weldon Glossup, Gary Lewis and Tim Vaughn serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mary Jo...
City Council Opposes SB 1158
Representatives of Hopkins County Commissioners Court and a candidate for Place 3 on the council addressed the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night during their regular April session. However their request for support of Texas Senate Bill 1158, which is somewhere under a stack of bills in the Senate Finance Committee, were rebuffed not only by a six to one vote of the council but also by the statements of city staff including...
L. Buel Berry
Funeral services for L. Buel Berry will be conducted at First Baptist Church Sanctuary at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2015 with Pastors Mark Bryant, Fred Lewis and Tommy Johnston officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Galyean, Gene White, Don Deaton, Kenneth Ward, Clyde Nichols, Lum Lumsden, Robert Carpenter, Jimmy Lloyd and the deacons of First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday March...
