Retired Teachers Meeting Feb 14, 2023
Feb. 14, 2023- The Retired Teachers Association saw North Hopkins Cosmetology students today at their annual meeting today as students and their teacher talked about their ever growing cosmetology classes. The students discussed their love for the class and the experiences that they gain within the classes. The students of the cosmetology class were asked many questions by the members of the meeting from prices to their experiences....
Trees Not wanted in Your Yard
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Advice on what NOT to plant in your yard! Silver maple. Fast growing shade tree, with weak wood prone to breaking in wind. Roots love sewage pipes. Well known for cracking driveways & sidewalks. Ash trees. Sturdy, tough, well-liked tree, and property value increaser.. Unfortunately, the Emerald ash borer is on track to eliminate the species. Quaking Aspen. Not much of a problem in our...
Chamber Connection – Feb. 15
Those who have tickets to the sold-out Chamber of Commerce’s annual Membership Banquet on Thursday will want to get there early to look at, at potentially purchase, artwork that will be displayed. This year’s theme of “A Night at the Gallery” will include dozens of works of art, some of which will be for sale by local professional and amateur artists. The Chamber will help facilitate their sale after the banquet has concluded. The...
Como-Pickton CISD Band Booster Bingo Night
Feb. 14, 2023- Como-Pickton CISD Band Booster Club is hosting a Bingo Night fundraiser on Saturday, March 4th. All proceeds will go to the marching band program to help fund new props, a new band trailer and scholarships for the students within the program. Several prizes will be available for all to win, from Rough Riders tickets to bounce house rental, everyone will have a fair chance of winning. Cards start selling at 5:30 pm for...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 13, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. New Primary Care Provider CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is excited to welcome Rebecca Couch, Nurse Practitioner, to our team of Primary Care providers. Rebecca Couch is now accepting new patients at 105 Medical Circle, (Medical Building 1). To schedule an appointment, please...
Limb And Debris Cleanup Site Time Period Extended
Feb. 13, 2023- Due to an overwhelming response, the City of Sulphur Springs is going to extend the time period to accept tree limbs/trunks. The spring cleanup site will remain open from now through Saturday, February 18 from 7am-4pm. To be able to use this service, you must show a water bill or government issued ID for proof of residency inside the city limits. The cleanup site is located ¼ mile east of Flowserve on Jefferson Street....
PJC Students Taking Notes
Amber Berry, left, and Raegan Speir listen and take notes during one of Instructor Ken Haley’s English classes at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center classes. Amber Berry, left, and Raegan Speir
Dinner Bell Menu for February 15, 2023
The Hopkins County Farm Bureau has supported the Dinner Bell Ministry as a Community Partner almost from this ministry’s inception. Again we welcome their continued partnership with a great thank you!!! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU MEATLOAF and GRAVY MASHED POTATOES BACON...
Commissioners Court Approves Funds For Debris Removal
Feb. 13, 2023- Hopkins County Commissioners Court was in session today discussing how funds are to be divided between the four Hopkins County Precincts. Money from the road and bridge fund will be earmarked for disposal of excess limbs and debris caused by the winter ice storm that struck a few weeks ago. Commissioners have also been given burn permits to allow them to dispose of limbs and debris that has been cluttering the roads as...
Removing A Tree Stump
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Over 60 years ago, the biggest oak tree in our yard came down in a storm, leaving a stump around 40” in diameter. Mechanized tree stump removal was not available, so Dad went shopping and came home with a can of tree stump removal costing nearly $20, which was high- cost in the mid-1950s. Today, professional, mechanized stump removal is quite common, but it isn’t cheap. A new stump removal...
