Hopkins County United Way Near 25% of Year’s Goal
Hopkins County United Way’s first report meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2015, had workers celebrating a big start with big donations as $39,187. was reported by Drive Chairman Price Orwosky. Orwosky said the amount is almost 25% of the $160,000 goal with five weeks remaining in the campaign. The packets have been in the hands of businesses for only two weeks. He noted $20,000 of the amount was donated by Coleen Hoover and The Book...
Lights of Life Sponsors Free Flu Shots
The Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Health Care Foundation that has the annual Lights of Life and Gala campaign to raise funds for equipment for the hospital will be offering a service for those in need as a way to give back to the community. On KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Monday , Bob Weaver, Chairman of the Board for the Hospital Foundation and Jackie Thornton, Director of the Foundation, announced 125 free flu...
Ruby Faye Sallis
Ruby Faye Sallis, age 91, of Yantis, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Carriage House Manor. Mrs. Sallis was born on November 13, 1923 in Hillsboro, TX, the daughter of Jesse Walter Keaton and Minnie Wells Keaton. She married James Milton Sallis in December of 1966. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Sallis was a bookkeeper for Foremost Dairy for many years. She volunteered for meal-a-day in Yantis until she could not do it...
North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming October 10th
North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming October 10th The annual North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming is coming up on Saturday, October 10th. Activities will begin with registration and bingo at 4:30, followed by a BBQ meal at5:30, at a cost of $12.50 per person. After the meal, the Classes of 1965, 1975, and 1985 will be honored with a video presentation, and then the Monday Night Jam band will provide musical entertainment. All former...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Some of the Tira residents will be participating in a community garage sale today (Friday) and Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd. It should be a nice weekend to be out shopping. Destri Weir, Dacy Campbell, and Dustin Weir and their families met Yvonne and Robert Weir at Gloria’s on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall on September 19th to celebrate Destri’s birthday a little early. They enjoyed a delicious meal and...
United Way Drive Underway
A $160,000 goal is motivating volunteers as well as companies and individual donors in the 2015-2016 Hopkins County United Way drive now underway. Wednesday at noon, lead donors, company executives, and United Way committee-persons lunched at the Sulphur Spring Country Club to hear the inspiration of a letter written in 2001 by one of the county United Fund organizers, Bill Bradford, and guest speaker for the occasion, 1991 SSHS...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Congratulations are in order for Mitchell Green, who is a quarterback for the Cooper Bulldogs. He was voted RRV (Red River Valley) Athlete of the Week. Mitchell is the grandson of Rick and Judy Petty of Tira. Floyd and Martha Payton enjoyed a visit with Regina Payton of Victoria from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning. On Friday they attended the Quilt Show at the ROC, where a lot of beautiful...
Homecoming Pizza Party
Wednesday, September 9th at 10:30 is a Homecoming Pizza Party. The Pizza Party will be hosted by Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Come and join us right after BINGO to cheer on the Sulphur Springs Wildcats at the Senior Citizens Center. We are starting to raise money this month for Terrific Tuesdays during the “A Walk To Remember” fundraiser.
North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming Set
The North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2015, in the school cafeteria. All former students, former staff members, and their guests are encouraged to attend. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m., with Bingo and registration. At 5:30 a barbecue meal will be served, at a cost of $12.50 per person. Following the meal, there will be a short video presentation, honoring the Classes of 1965, 1975, and 1985....
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council Members met at the community center on Tuesday night for their regular quarterly meeting. They discussed routine business and set the date for the community Christmas party. It will be held on Saturday, December 5th. Kevin Michael Rash, grandson of the late Wyman and Maxene Patterson, of Tira, passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 44, on Wednesday, August 26th. His mother, Brenda...
