Lights of Life Track and Field Certified Half Marathon is Saturday
The 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign is hosting the 2nd annual Half Marathon relay benefiting the campaign. The official US Track & Field Certified Half Marathon is one of the mini-events added to the 2015-2016 campaign. The only half marathon relay in Hopkins County, the run is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2015, 7:30a.m. – 12 noon. The course will be repeated twice and will start and finish on Celebration Plaza. “Our...
Now There Are Three; GSC, Inc Becomes Diamond Sponsor for Lights of Life Campaign
Donna Rudzik, Gloria Mitchell and Polly Swatsell, the 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign chairs, are excited, grateful and humbled to announce that GSC, Inc., Mickey and Barbara McKenzie have committed to be a $20,000 DIAMOND Sponsor of the campaign. The presentation was made Tuesday, August 4th at 11 a.m. at GSC corportate offices. “That’s our 3rd DIAMOND sponsor” exclaimed Polly Swatsell. “We are so blessed to have three DIAMOND...
Lights of Life Events Highlight Fall Schedule
Most people are familiar with the Health Care Foundations’ Lights of Life tree lighting and Gala that raise funds for Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. The past year or so, mini-events have been added to bring in even more funds and add to the fun. The Director of the Foundation Jackie Thornton was joined by this year’s three co-chairs for the Lights of Life and Gala campaign who discussed some mini-events coming up on...
2015 Red, White and Blue Extravaganza
Tom Sellers, President of Alliance Bank and sponsor of the Independence Day Concert visited KSST to invite the entire community to the free once-a-year event. The 2015 red, white and blue extravaganza will be held on Saturday June 27 at 8pm on Celebration Plaza. In addition to the orchestra performance, a huge fireworks display is also planned. It’a a free event and a gift to the families of the community. The event will be...
Chamber Connection June 18th, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Congratulations Winners of the 14th Annual Texas State Champion Homemade Ice Cream Freeze Off Winners in each division are as follows: Super Scoop Category: Jo Alice McCue – 1st place, Banana Pudding Carlie Penson – 2nd place, Fire & Ice People’s Choice Award Smiley Tooth Dentistry – Fruity Pebbles Big Dip Novelty Other Dakota Watkins – 1st Place, Candy Crush Joy Allen – 2nd Place –...
Chamber Connection June 12th, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Looking for something to do Saturday, June 13th? Sulphur Springs is the place to be! Keep your eyes up to the sky Saturday morning as the beautiful hot air balloons lift off around 6:00am (weather permitting) from Shannon Oaks Church. Then make your way to the parade that begins at 10:00am. Next, you won’t want to miss the Dairy Festival Queen Contestants & their families milking cows…at 3:00pm. Then of course, if you...
Public Library Announces Children’s Summer Reading Program
Hope Cain, librarian, announces the Summer Reading Program for the Sulphur Springs Public Library. Every Monday in June and July is “It’s your Mission Monday” Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to check out a book from the library! Each child that checks out a book with his own card gets to choose a prize in our treasure chest! Each Tuesday and Thursday offer Storytime! To better serve our community we are offering our...
Lights of Life Annnounces Gala
Gloria Mitchell, Donna Rudzik & Polly Swatsell, 2015-2016 Lights of Life Campaign Chairs, announced the campaign & gala theme, goal and projects that will be funded to the committee at the first campaign meeting, which was held on Tuesday, May 19th at noon in the Memorial Medical Plaza Conference room. “It’s been an exciting and fast few months since we took over chairmanship of the campaign” stated Polly Swatsell. “We are...
“Corrected” Smith Trial Underway
May 11, 2015 – Monday morning in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom in the Hopkins County Courthouse, a jury panel began hearing testimony from witnesses in the trial of Jarrod Arnold Smith. Smith, 41, is being tried on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to Hopkins County Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum, Smith is on trial for shooting a man in the chest with 45 caliber pistol. The incident...
NETSA Receives Grant From TCA
The Northeast Texas Association (NETSA) under the leadership of the Sulphur Springs Symphony League has been approved to receive one the 256 Art Respond Project grants through the Texas Commission of the Arts (TCA). These grants fund arts-based projects that address on the priority areas of economic development, education, health and human services, natural resources and agriculture, or public safety and criminal justice. NETSA...
