Sulphur Bluff Cross Country Team to Run in Regional Meet
Both the Sulphur Bluff Bears and Lady Bears will be participating in the regional cross country meet this Saturday at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie after a good showing at a recent district meet. It’s quite an accomplishment for both teams but especially for the members of the Lady Bears, who make up the first girls cross country team in the Bluff in quite sometime. The Lady Bears include Dianna Rosas, Kiersten Brown, Hailey...
You’re Invited to Rodeo and Fight Cancer!
Rowdy France, Event Coordinator for the 7th Annual Fall Ranch Rodeo and Meredith Caddell, Executive Director of the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation will “team up” during the one-time rodeo performance on Saturday night. This year, proceeds from the rodeo event will be earmarked for opening the “In My Closet” cancer closet. Starting on Tuesdays in November, local cancer patients will be able to choose from...
Sulphur Bluff Cross Country goes to Regionals
The Sulphur Bluff Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams will be competing at the Region III-A meet Saturday, Oct 29 at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. We are very proud of the work that our student-athletes have put in this year. Several of our boys have been working all summer to achieve goals that they have set for themselves and their team. We cannot say enough about these 6 girls stepping up and being the first girls cross...
Chamber Connection-October 27
by Lezley Brown I have had elders counsel me that decades before this one were in fact scary and unforeseen. Words like this have encouraged me to understand that when in the moment, time can be scary. I’m unhappy about the world we are living in because so often it seems the bad overpowers the good. The election is a nightmare. Violence is shocking and ever present. Words are abundant and hurtful. But I witnessed something this...
2016 Veterans Banquet set for Nov. 7
According to Clayton McGraw, the annual Veteran’s Banquet sponsored by Wal-Mart of Sulphur Springs has been set for Monday November 7, 2016 at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall of League Street Church of Christ. (please enter through back entrance) The event is free for all Veterans and their spouses. There will be a meal and program.
Ranch Rodeo Benefits “In My Closet”
The 7th Annual ‘Tough Enough to Wear Pink’ Ranch Rodeo is Saturday, October 29th at 7:00pm at the Civic Center arena. The event is sponsored by Cross Country Cowboy Church with proceeds benefiting the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Cancer Initiative—“In My Closet”. Events include Mugging, Sorting, Wild Cow Milking, Branding, Bucket Racing, and Open Ranch Bronc Riding. There will be a cash scramble for kids 6 and under and a...
North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming
The annual North Hopkins School Alumni Homecoming was held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 in the school cafeteria. Approximately 50 former students and guests attended the event. The group played a few games of Bingo, before enjoying a delicious barbecue dinner, catered by Andy and Mary Lou Wright. Following the meal, the Tommy Long, President welcomed everyone and allowed the alumni to introduce themselves. The Classes of 1966, 1976,...
Chamber Connection: October 20th
Chamber Connection-October 20th The 47th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest will be held at Buford Park on Saturday, October 22nd. Stew service will begin at 10:45 a.m. Quart sales begin at 11:30 a.m., and the “Drive-Thru Stew” line will open at 12:30 p.m. Stew tickets are already on sale at all local banks and at the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are All-You-Can-Eat Stew for $5.00 each. T-shirts will also be available for...
PJC Presents November 8th Proposition in Town Hall Meeting–slideshow & story
by Allison Bledsoe On Monday night Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College, held an informative, town hall style meeting in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. In the General Election on November 8th, Hopkins County voters will decide whether they will join the taxing district of Paris Junior College. Joining the district would give a tuition break to area students. Dr. Pam Anglin highlighted that Paris Junior College...
Chamber Connection October 13, 2016
by Lezley Brown The Stew Contest is almost here!! The Chamber had a successful meeting Tuesday night with our soon to be stew cooks who were able to pick up their goody bags and grocery reimbursement checks. If you are already signed up to cook stew but missed the meeting, please come by the Chamber to pick up your awesome goody bag. The 47th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest will be held at Buford Park on Saturday, October...
