Sulphur Springs ISD and the War Against Stress
by Steven Payne, KSST Intern and SSHS Senior When people think about school, many things come to mind: waking up early before even the sun is out of bed, writing countless pages of notes, eating questionable cafeteria food, chatting with friends in class, getting wrapped up in drama, attending sports games and UIL meets, and more. Everyone may have different things come to mind when they think of school, but there is one thing that...
A Year in Review – Walk Across Texas, 2015
A Year in Review – Walk Across Texas, 2015 Each year, I publish a report on each of my major programming areas. Today’s focus will be on Walk Across Texas. WAT is an 8-week walking program for teams of eight people, school classes, or individuals. Teams have a friendly competition to see who can log the most miles walking, jogging, or biking. You can even dance, do aerobics or gardening, clean house or ride a stationary bike! You...
Chamber Connection November 19, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection November 19, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Attention All Chamber Members….Membership Directories are being prepared NOW!!! Chamber Members, we are going to print a little earlier than normal for the 2016 Membership Directory. We are going to have it ready for distribution the first part of January, so we need you to do a few things… Please go to www.sulphursprings-tx.com and click on the membership directory....
Chamber Connection – November 12, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection November 12, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Dr. Barnes Chiropractic Guests were treated to a nice array of hors d’oeuvres and drinks when we attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new office of Dr. Barnes Chiropractic, located at 525 Church Street. Dr. Barnes is open Monday-Friday 8-5. They also take all insurances including Medicare &...
Library Announces November Schedule
Library activities for November have been announced by Librarian Hope Cain. Very Ready Reading Program first and third Fridays of every month at 10:30 Sulphur Springs Public Library 611 Davis Street North. Prizes when you have attended 5 and 10 programs! 7 Ways to help get your child ready to read! Share Books – Reading together is the best way to raise a reader Share Sounds – Sounds are the building blocks of words Share Words –...
Chamber Connection – November 5, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection November 5, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Heritage Square Car Show, Saturday, November 7th from 8-3, downtown Sulphur Springs! This Saturday Nov 7th from 8 am to 3 pm the 10th annual Heritage Square Car Show, which is hosted by the Downtown Business Alliance will be downtown on the Square. Everyone is welcome to come out and see all the 180 plus classic cars and trucks. They will have the Nationwide Insurance...
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection – October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you Hopkins County for Making the Stew Contest a Success Who would have thought that regardless of 9 inches of rain, we would still be able to have a successful stew contest? A very special thank you to the 123 teams that cooked stew this year. Please know how very much we appreciate your dedication to this event. It is because of you that we continue to...
Chamber Connection
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Stew Contest is ON!!! Saturday, October 24th!!! The 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest will take place as planned, Saturday, October 24th at 10:45am. After many conversations with stew cooks, discussions with the City of Sulphur Springs and questions from out-of-town visitors, the decision was made this morning to move forward with the stew contest. We...
Chamber Connection – October 1, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection October 1, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Visit the Chamber’s Facebook Page to Like your favorite Stew T-shirt! Ends Friday! Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Cricket Wireless! We are happy to welcome Cricket Wireless to the Chamber of Commerce. Please stop by and check out their amazing cell phone plans and rates! They are located at 1217 S Broadway Street in Sulphur Springs!...
Memorial Hospital Joins Project to Improve Breastfeeding Rates
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital is one of 33 Texas hospitals participating in a statewide effort to improve breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers, according to Alma Carter, Program Director for National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ). Carter said, “Despite the many benefits of breastfeeding, only 21.3 percent of Texas mothers...
