Lights of Life Style Show: Dinner & Fashions by Lou Nell’s
August 15, 2016—Lou Nell’s Fashions is pleased to announce the annual Lights of Life Style Show benefiting the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation, will take place Thursday, September 15th at 6:30pm at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs and will feature the latest and hottest designs in fashion! The concept of this exciting event is to create an exceptional environment to enjoy a top-of-the-line runway show featuring over 100 outfits presented by beautiful local models. The event is designed to feature samples of clothing...
read moreM.L.K Church Thanks Sulphur Springs Community!
August 22, 2016 To our Sulphur Springs Community. We share a heartfelt thank you for your support of the Benefit Fundraiser for Sis Lawanda Rape House Fire held of Friday, August 19, 2016. What a turn out! We were sold out of barbecue by 12:30 p.m. that day. In all it was a very successful event. You all played a very important part in making the event such a successful one. Your support in our Benefit Fundraiser for Sis. Lawanda Rape was really appreciated. You really did a wonderful thing. Our Sulphur Springs Community contributions and...
read morePublic Fails to Respond to First City Council Tax Hearing
A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council was held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 19,2016. The Council met in the Council Room at 201 N Davis St. The purpose of the special meeting was to conduct a public hearing for the proposed tax increase. No one from the public was there to speak. Mayor Emily Glass explained that state regulates the appraisals, not the City of Sulphur Springs. She also added that even if home values stay the same, if new businesses are added the amount of tax revenue received increases. Though the tax rate...
read moreSSHS Fish Camp Set For Monday, August 22
Sulphur Springs High School Student Council and National Honor Society members spent most of Friday preparing for Fish Camp. Fish Camp is a fun spin on freshmen orientation to calm first day jitters for new ninth graders. The students will meet in the Sulphur Springs High School Cafeteria at 9 a.m. for a class meeting that highlights dress code rules, schedule pick-up, and then a mock class day. The idea behind a “mock class day” is for students to see where their classes are located before the first day. The freshmen will be...
read moreFree Marriage Education Workshop Saturday
Couples will learn about marriage expectations, communication, conflict resolution, money management, goal setting, and do some interesting exercises during a Free Marraige Education Workshop at the Sulphur Springs AgriLife Extension Building Sat, August 20, 8:30am – 3:30pm. Engaged Couples will receive a certificate for a $60 waiver upon applying for a marriage license.They currently have two couples signed up and would be delighted to have more. Married couples, engaged couples, seriously dating couples are able to attend. To sign up...
read moreMiller Grove News 8-19-2016
As summer begins to subside and we prepare to start another school year, it is time for me to dust of the old laptop computer and start writing Miller Grove News for yet another year. It seems like just yesterday I started writing this column but looking back it has nearly been a decade ago. Things in “The Grove” have changed over time and the world has changed quite a bit too. As we look to the upcoming months we wonder how the November elections will turn out or if there will be other riots break out across our nation, or if any of our...
read moreChamber Connection- August 18th
Chamber Connection-August 18th The tickets are going fast, but they are still available!!! The Chamber of Commerce is hosting An Evening of Speed Networking! Because networking is just a fancy word for making friends! Our event will be held on Tuesday, August 30th, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cedar Canyon in Sulphur Springs. This is the perfect opportunity for local business owners to network with other business owners in a non-pressured environment, meet new people, promote and describe their businesses, and enjoy delicious food and beverages...
read moreFish Die-Off In Ponds
During this time of the year, the temperature changes create a challenge to fish populations living in ponds in our county. As a general rule, small ponds intensively managed for catfish are the most susceptible to die-off problems. Other common scenarios for summer die-off problems are ponds with large quantities of aquatic vegetation, ponds that are heavily or frequently fed with commercial fish diets, ponds that were stocked heavily or excessively and biomass now exceeds carrying capacity, or ponds that experience phytoplankton die-offs...
read moreLone Star Heritage Quilt Guild Quilt Show!
There will be the Lone Star Heritage Quilt Guild Quilt Show at First Baptist R.O.C. September 16-17. On Friday Sept. 16th its from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Sat. 17th from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. The admission is $5 per person (children under 12 get in free). There will also be activities for children of all ages. Also, The Quilt Show Cafe will be open for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. All of the food will be prepared by the Culinary Arts Students. The special speaker will be The Master Quilter, Linda Neal. There will also be a Quilt Raffle designed by Joy...
read moreA KSST Intern’s Trip to Australia Part 5
Before we get started, I wanted to say that this is the last part of my updates about Australia. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them! If you missed any of the previous articles make sure you catch up! Click here for part1, part2, part3, or part4! Do you enjoy trying new food? I can be adventurous when I want to (but that isn’t often). However, when we were in Australia, it was almost like I was a new person. I tried almost everything (I drew the line at kangaroo meat). Some of it was worth it,...
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