Miller Grove News by Brandon Darrow 09/03/14
Hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day. Traditionally, Dwayne and Kathy Wren have a big meal each year on Labor Day and they invite me and several other folks in our family but this year was skipped. Kathy has recently had surgery on her arm so they decided to opt out of the annual meal. I sure did miss it too. They always have a great variety of food and it’s always a good time to catch up with a lot of people that I don’t get to...
Packing a Safe & Healthy School Lunch
We’ve all seen the signs – isles of schools supplies, cars parked at the various school campuses, school staff scurrying around making preparations, Back-to-School store promotions. The first day of school is just a few hours away, leaving parents with mixed emotions. For some, their little ones will be attending school for the first time. For others, their children are no longer kids and will be spending their final year in the...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 08/13
North Hopkins students will return to classes on Monday, August 25th. Elementary “Meet the Teacher” will be held on Thursday, August 21st at 6:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The Weir family participated in My Bowl, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics bowling team, on the weekend of August 2nd. Yvonne reports, “Dustin, Natalie, and Dakota Weir and Ashley Cline were on our team.” Their team name was Weir Wesley’s Oddballs. Destri...
A Little Something to Tempt Your Taste Buds
A Little Something to Tempt Your Taste Buds Peach Cobbler, Oven Fried Chicken, Double Cornbread, Waldorf Salad, Chocolate Peanut Butter Parfait, Black Bean & Cilantro Spread – these sound so good! If you are looking for some tasty recipes without the added sugars and fats, you don’t want to miss the 2014 Summer “Cooking Well with Diabetes” series…and you’ll receive recipes for these and more. In the past, when Momma prepared those...
Tira news 08/06/14
The deadline to file as a write-in candidate for a place on the Tira City Council is August 22, 2014, for the November 4th election. For more information, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, Tira City Secretary. My phone numbers and email address are at the end of the column and my mailing address is 776 FM 1536, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. Jacob and Tiffany Peugh and their children Tyler, Collin, Kenden, and Jaidyn, and Chip and I visited...
Tira News 07/30 by Jan Vaughn
Mark your calendars for the annual Hot August Night BBQ Cook-off and music event at the Hopkins County Civic Center on Saturday, August 16th. Phil Vassar will be the featured performer. The fundraiser benefits the county volunteer fire departments. Please make plans to attend and support your local firefighters. The BBQ grounds will open at 1:00 p.m., with cooks preparing their entries, vendors and a kids’ zone. Serving of the BBQ...
Tira News, 7/30/14
Mark your calendars for the annual Hot August Night BBQ Cook-off and music event at the Hopkins County Civic Center on Saturday, August 16th. Phil Vassar will be the featured performer. The fundraiser benefits the county volunteer fire departments. Please make plans to attend and support your local firefighters. The BBQ grounds will open at 1:00 p.m., with cooks preparing their entries, vendors and a kids’ zone. Serving of the BBQ...
David Mike Martin
Funeral Services for David Mike Martin, age 57 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Murray-Orwosky Chapel with Bro. B. J. Teer officiating. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., prior to the service. Mr. Martin died on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 26, 1957, the son of J. C. and Ida Cawthron Martin in Sulphur Springs, TX. He worked...
“Cooking Well with Diabetes” Series Coming Soon
If you or someone you know has diabetes, preparing healthy meals doesn’t have to be a challenge. As a matter of fact, we ALL need to make more nutritious choices. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service provides a great series called “Cooking Well with Diabetes”, which can make meal preparation at home more nutritious, as well as delicious! The “Cooking Well with Diabetes” (CWWD) summer series is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays,...
Brashear News 07/23/2014 by Debbie Young
Summer heat has arrived. I am so glad it hasn’t reached 100 maybe one time so far. Take it easy because heat stroke can creep up on you real quick. Out for a little run this morning, and just FYI, the morning are awesome. Nice and cool. Brashear is growing, specifically here on CR 1119. Don and Betty Beard are here and loving our small town. He has met Amanda at the Ole Store. She was very helpful in assisting him in finding the...
