Chamber Connection – September 10, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection September 10, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Mark your calendars for the 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest-Oct. 24th Stew Cooks: Stew Packets went out this week, so please call us at the Chamber if you did not receive yours. The deadline to claim last year’s site is September 18th. All sites will be up for grabs, Monday, September 21st, so make sure to get your forms in ASAP! Sponsors:...
Chamber Connection September 3, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection September 3, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Mark your calendars for the 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest-Oct. 24th Stew Cooks: Stew Packets went out this week, so please call us at the Chamber if you did not receive yours. The deadline to claim last year’s site is September 18th. All sites will be up for grabs, Monday, September 21st, so make sure to get your forms in ASAP! Sponsors:...
Chamber Connection – August 27, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection August 27, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting and grand opening for Red River Credit Union, Guests for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Red River Credit Union were greeted by the Board of Directors, CEO and other employees of the Credit Union. RRCU has been in business since 1943 and are excited to have a new location in Hopkins County. They currently have...
Chamber Connection – August 20, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection August 20, 2015 by Meredith Caddell We finally had a cooler day…our first indicator that Stew Fest is right around the corner!!! The 46th Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest is coming soon…October 24th! All stew packets will be sent out Monday, so be checking the mail!!! Sulphur Springs Boys Baseball Association Fall Ball Registration through August 22nd Fall Baseball Registration for...
Don Julian’s Top Twelve Stories for 2014
I’m Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director and here are my top stories for 2014 for our area. #12 is the Sulphur Springs ISD negotiating a lease deal with Hopkins County concerning the Civic Center Auditorium. The school district will begin renovating the facility next summer. #11, Sulphur Springs Police Chief resigned to take a position as Chief of the Sulphur Springs ISD PD. The city council named Patrol Captain Jay Sanders to...
“Updated” Chamber President and CEO Meredith Caddell Looks Back on 2014
2014 has been quite a year so far for the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. As Chamber President and CEO Meredith Caddell reflected on the big year for the Chamber, she crediting chamber board leadership for the success. The Spring Fever Bike Rally with over 100 participants, the annual golf tournament was the first tourney at the local country club, a speed networking mixer at the airport, the annual ice cream freeze off, the...
Chamber Connection October 30, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Thank you Hopkins County for Making Stew Fest 2014 a HUGE Success!!! To host an event that gathers over 7000 people in one day, takes a TON of dedicated volunteers to make it happen. I cannot go another day without thanking all of the wonderful people who helped with the stew contest. It would take the whole paper to list them all but I will try to list them in categories…so here goes…Thank you Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors...
And The Winners Are:
The team of John Mark McAfee and Patsy McAfee sponsored by McAfee Farms took first place in Super Stew Chicken at the Stew Contest Saturday. The Garrett Glass team sponsored by Guaranty Bank and Trust took first in Super Stew Beef. The first place chicken stew team was Krista Brown and Gary Friddle sponsored by Northeast Texas Farmers Co-op. The team of Richard and Ashley Brantley sponsored by Hopkins County Special Education Co-op...
Chamber Connection October 23, 2014 by Meredith Caddell
Record # of Cooks for the Stew Fest 2014, October 25th at Buford Park! Get your tickets NOW Stew Cooks have been pouring in over the past few weeks and we will have the most stew cooks EVER! In 2012, we had 144 stew cooks. To date, 154 stew cooking teams. So, mark your calendars NOW to spend your Saturday, October 25th in Sulphur Springs for Stew Fest 2014…it is going to be a GREAT event! For just $5, you can get a bowl and make your...
Brashear News by Debbie Young 10/21/14
This is such a great place to live. East Texas in the fall, a true fall that is, is beautiful. The cooler mornings are great. I would love that it will not hit 90 again until next May or June. Praying for that to happen. Busy times are upon us here in Hopkins County with the 45th Annual Stew Fest. The Fall Festival is back on the same date as the Stew Contest and there will be a lot of people in town for this event. I think there...
