30+ Attend 14th Annual Ken And Suzi Chapman Scholarship Weekend
By Jan Vaughn, Tira News Correspondent Ken and Suzi Chapman’s Scholarship Program recipients gathered in Tira this past weekend for their 14th Annual Scholarship Weekend. Thirty-plus young adults participated in the activities, which included card games, outdoor games, fishing and swimming. Ken reported, “Additionally, lots of pizza, chips, cookies and sandwiches were consumed, and Saturday evening the Scholars were...
Tips For Grilling Season, by Mario Villarino
Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas Fire up your grills! The official start of grilling season, is here! Whether grilling a quick, light and healthy, summer meal or hosting a savory cookout with friends and family, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. is kicking off grilling season by sharing tips for a flawless grilled meal! Consider your cut While classics,...
Dinner Bell Menu For June 30, 2021
Christus Mother Frances Hospital is the Community Partner for this week! We are grateful for their assistance. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting at 11:00 a.m on Wednesday. MENU SANDWICHES GALORE (all sandwich spreads are “homemade at the church”)1/2 of each tuna saladchicken saladpimento...
Dinner Bell Menu For June 23, 2021
First Presbyterian Church is this week’s Community Partner. Their participation is greatly appreciated Grab and Go with a meal from our distribution location under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of The First United Methodist Church campus at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Baked Chicken Salad Marinated Tomato Salad Jiffy Corn Casserole Buttered French Bread Slices Caramel Apple Sheet Cake Be...
Dinner Bell Volunteers and Helpers Still Going Strong
Dinner bell is a weekly free community meal provided with community support through the First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs, TX. A coalition of faiths and other organizations contribute to the event. Pre COVID, Dinner Bell served meals in person at the FUMC. Now participants simply drive or walk up to claim their meals. Trustee from the Hopkins County Jail relish the opportunity to serve at the weekly event. Missionaries...
Fun, Educational Interpretive Programs Offered at Cooper Lake State Park This Summer!
Educational Programming is BACK Just in Time for Summer at Cooper Lake State Park! Cooper, TX— What better place to enjoy the beginnings of summer while learning about the natural world? Educational programs are back at Cooper Lake State Park and will begin again on Saturday, June 19th and run throughout the summer. We have hired two new seasonal Park Rangers that will focus their efforts on producing and delivering...
Tracy Wayne Coker
Funeral service for Tracy Wayne Coker, age 79, of Pickton, Texas will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 18, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Rev Mike Haun officiating. Interment will follow at Arbala Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Mr. Coker passed away on June 12, 2021, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in an automobile accident along with his wife,...
Tira News: Aiguier Cemetery Association, Quarterly City Council Meetings To Be Held
By Jan Vaughn, Tira News Correspondent I received word this week that the Aiguier Cemetery Association meeting will be held at the North Hopkins School Cafeteria, rather than the cemetery grounds, on Sunday, June 6. A covered dish lunch will be shared at noon, followed by a brief business meeting. Please make plans to bring a covered-dish and share a meal and memories. After lunch there will be a brief business meeting. Donations for...
Carroll Selected Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador
By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] Rylie Carroll, Hopkins County 4-H member, has been selected as a Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador. But first, I want to explain what the Healthy Texas Youth Ambassador program involves. Participation was announced to all high school youth in the spring. Those selected are trained to serve as a community health and...
Dinner Bell Menu For June 9, 2021
Otis and Wanda Jenkins are the Community Partners for this day. Grab and Go remains the distribution method for meals. Drive under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of The First United Methodist Church campus at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Orange Chicken Thighs over Rice Pilaf California Blend Vegetables with Parmesan Bread Crumbs Garden Salad Buttered French Bread Slices Gooy Butter Cake Follow Covid...
