Tira News by Jan Vaughn
Tira News by Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at the Tira Community Center. The public is always welcome and encouraged to attend. Congratulations are in store for the Tira Volunteer Fire Department! They took first place with their barbecued brisket at the Hot August Night cook-off on August 15th. Yvonne Weir reports that “last weekend was a red letter one.” They got to see...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Dorreice (Horn) Shuptrine, of Plano, shared that they enjoyed a visit from the Vaughns – J.C., Jake, and John – from Cooper, on Saturday, after the hunting show in Ft. Worth. They had some good laughs and shared fried apricot pies. The North Hopkins Alumni officers are working on plans for the annual school homecoming. The group voted last year to change the date from the first Saturday in November...
NETBIO’s First Cattleman’s Classic and Ribeye Roundup!
NETBIO CEO Dwight Bell and Dr. Mario Villarino, Secretary/Treasurer, discuss the October 16/17 Beef event in Sulphur Springs. In addition to education seminars at the Civic Center on Friday October 16, the committee has planned a steak cook-off and dinner with concert that evening on Celebration Plaza. Entertainment will be Hopkins County’s own Johnny Lee and the Urban Cowboy Band. An added feature will be a 5K “Run for...
Chamber Connection – August 13, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection August 13, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Hopkins Place will be honoring their Heroes with a First Responders Lunch, Friday, August 14th The staff and residents at Hopkins Place would like to honor their heroes & first responders with a complimentary lunch, Friday, August 14th from 12-1. They are located at 890 Camp Street. Please RSVP to Sherrie at 903-658-9278 by August 12th. Hot August Night,...
Interim Superintendent Named for MVISD
Mount Vernon ISD Board of Trustees named Dr. Mark Jackson to serve the district as Interim Superintendent. Dr. Jackson served the Kerrville ISD as Superintendent from July 1997 until June of 2002. He began his work as Superintendent at Burleson ISD in July 2002 until he retired in June 2010. Following retirement, Dr. Jackson was Interim Superintendent at Keller for two months in 2012 and then at Mansfield ISD April-mid June 2015....
What is 54321+8? Read to Find Out! – by Johanna Hicks
What is 54321+8? Read to Find Out! I recently had the privilege of attending the 2015 Texas Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences conference in Brenham. We had some very informative speakers, and I want to highlight one in particular. Maureen Lyons is a familiar name among Family & Consumer Sciences professionals. She works for Health Edco, an educational resource company. Her presentation was “54321+8 (or...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Dacy and the kids visited her parents, Robert and Yvonne Weir, on Saturday, the 18th. They went to garage sales, while Wesley bowled with his “My Hero’s” bowling team. Later, they all met and played laser tag and then came home and swam. Chanse Fite and Brandi Day from Tira are headed to the World Series games in West Monroe, Louisiana. Their daughter Daylee Fite is a member of the All-Star Team...
Chamber Connection – July 30, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
KSST would like to thank everyone who attended their 68 years of Broadcasting Excellence! New owners, Rhonda & Chad Young thank you for celebrating 68 years of KSST Broadcasting, as well as the 50th Birthday of the KSST Studios with them at their Mixer last week! It was a wonderful event filled with delicious food and drinks and TONS of nostalgic stories! . Thank you to everyone who attended the grand opening of Sears...
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Upcoming Workshops & Events
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Upcoming Workshops & Events When individuals ask what Texas A&M AgriLife Extension does, we often find it difficult to put in a couple of sentences! The truth is, we offer many educational workshops, programs, camps, special events, and newsletters. Our honorable county judge told our staff that we are the envy of East Texas – now that’s saying something! The month of August brings...
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...
