A Year in Review – Diabetes Education By Johanna Hicks
A Year in Review – Diabetes Education For the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting some of the major program impacts from 2018. Many people are not aware of the positive influence that Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has on the health and well-being of individuals. This week, I want to focus on the diabetes education program in Hopkins...
NETBIO Anniversary Sale Marks 20th Year
The cattle industry in Northeast Texas celebrated a milestone at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission Wednesday when the Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) observed its 20th year of operation with a big barbecue luncheon, a board of director’s meeting and a preconditioned calf and yearling sale. The organization was launched in 1998 by a group...
Perfect Plans for Panther Alumni: Next Weekend…
The North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming is coming up on Saturday, October 13, Registration, visiting, and bingo will begin at 4:30 p.m. A barbecue meal be served at 5:30. The Monday Night Jam Band will provide dinner music. There will be a program honoring the Classes of 1968, 1978, and 1988 for their 50-, 40-, and 30-year reunion. Please help spread the word. All former North Hopkins students, staff, and their guests are encouraged to...
Tira News: October 5th, 2018
By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd reported that we received some more bags of groceries for the Tira Food Pantry. We always appreciate the contributions. I want to express my appreciation to the council members who have been taking care of keeping the pantry stocked. Chip, Tiffany, Jaidyn, and I met Landon, Laiken, Rylan, Brailon, and Slaiden Joslin and Laiken’s brother, Kasen, at Tejano’s in Cooper on Saturday evening. We were celebrating...
North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming
The North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming is coming up on Saturday, October 13, Registration, visiting, and bingo will begin at 4:30 p.m. A barbecue meal be served at 5:30. The Monday Night Jam Band will provide dinner music. There will be a program honoring the Classes of 1968, 1978, and 1988 for their 50-, 40-, and 30-year reunion. Please help spread the word. All former North Hopkins students, staff, and their guests are encouraged to...
Saltillo Community Homecoming
The Saltillo Community Homecoming is scheduled Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Saltillo ISD cafetorium, 150 County Road 3534 in Saltillo. The event will kick off with coffee and socializing beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interested individuals will have an opportunity to meet, visit and renew acquaintances during this time. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Barbecue, beans, bread, coffee and tea will be furnished. Those attending are asked to bring...
Dinner Bell ‘Belle’ Turns 80
Stand out the way, here comes Judy Gilreath. Want to know where something is in the FUMC kitchen, Judy knows. Want a tour of the fancy french slicing machine, Judy is ready. Judy Gilreath Dinner Bell is a community meal program ran from the FUMC in Sulphur Springs. Each weekly meal is powered by volunteers from all walks of life and denominations. Behind… in front and in between this group is Judy Gilreath. At 80 years old...
Supplemental Feeding During Drought By Mario Villarino
Supplemental Feeding During Drought When forage quality and/or quantity is affected by drought, livestock producers are usually faced with decisions about supplemental feeding. First, they must determine whether they can afford to supplement, and if so, then decide what to supplement and how to manage feeding. If the drought continues or worsens, they will also need to decide when to stop supplementing and start selling livestock....
So Many Choices: Events and More By Johanna Hicks
So Many Choices! We make decisions every day – what to wear, what to eat, how to spend our day, whether or not to answer the phone, what to watch on TV, whom to text or call, and even things we don’t think about, like where to sit, what to read (whether in the newspaper, on your phone, on your computer, on your smart watch, etc.) We literally make hundreds of choices, if not thousands, every day. At the...
Dr. Morris Tobin
It is with great sadness that the family of Morris Tobin announces his passing after a series of unexpected complications of surgery. Morris fought a hard battle until the end. He passed away on Monday, June 18, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic with his loving wife Jodi by his side. Born in New York City on September 22, 1945 to Dr. Louis and Eleanor Tobin, Dr. Tobin grew up in Mt. Vernon, NY where he graduated from A.B. Davis...
