Meal a Day Menu for November 13th-17th
Meal A Day Menu November 13th – November 17th Monday Cheese Burgers Lettuce Tomatoes and Onions Pickle Spear Lays Potato Chips Tuesday Sliced Ham Macaroni and Cheese Brussels Sprout Roll Wednesday Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole Pickled Beets Sliced Tomatoes Thursday Beef and Cheese Enchilada Casserole Refried Beans Chips and Salsa Tossed Salad Friday Pork Roast and Gravy Mashed Potatoes Broccoli...
Veterans Day Parade: The Perfect Start to Honoring Our Veterans
By Savannah Owens Starting at 9:00 on November 11th, the 2017 Veterans Day Parade had an unusual route, going from Buford Park to Connally Street to Davis Street, but it was still an amazing parade. The slight breeze made for perfect parade weather, allowing the attendees to not be too hot or cold. Practically every parade float or group would pause on Gilmer street to salute and thank the Hopkins County Marine Corps, who were...
The History Behind Veterans Day
By Hannah Shackelford Parades. Flags. An extra day off work. Perhaps a visit to a semi-distant relative who was/is in the Armed Forces. Maybe even a trip to a cemetery to refresh the flowers left over from Memorial Day. Here in America, we’ve all celebrated Veterans Day in some form or another. Even if we didn’t grow up in a home whose members were an active part of the military, we all have experienced the parades and the...
Veterans Day Assembly at Sulphur Springs High School
By Savannah Owens On Friday November 10th, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Sulphur Springs High School hosted an assembly to honor the veterans from our community. Josh Williams, assistant superintendent for SSISD, took time to honor each branch of service men and women from the: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as the spouses of the veterans. Jaci Reed beautifully sang the National Anthem,...
What’s on a Food Label? By Johanna Hicks
What’s on a Food Label? Many of you have probably noticed the new nutrition label that has been approved for packaged and canned foods items. Some positive changes have been made to highlight the most important aspects of the label. These changes include increasing the type size for “Calories,” “servings per container,” and the “Serving size” declaration, and bolding the number of calories and the “Serving size” declaration to...
Trees and Mistletoes By Mario Villarino
Recently, I had the opportunity to revise a plant pathology session for our Master Gardener’s training and I started discussing issues related to parasites of plants. The mistletoe came to the discussion and I want to share with you details about these interesting facts on mistletoes information from the Texas A&M Forest Services: It’s a Christmas tradition. A man has the privilege of kissing a lady who happens to be standing...
Tradin’ Post, Friday, November 10th, 2017
For sale: a 6 compartment dog box… very heavy…for a long bed truck…asking $500 for it… for more details call Phillip at (903)-440-1251 This party needs someone to move a Tower TV antenna from one house to another…It is in sections…for more info call Ron at (903)-440-4896.
Author Meet and Greet at the Sulphur Springs Public Library
Sulphur Springs Retired School Personnel and Sulphur Springs Public Library are proud to present: Meet and Greet the Author – Reavis Z. Wortham on Tuesday November 14, 10:30am-11:30am at the Public Library. Coffee and snacks will be served. Mr. Wortham hunted and fished the river bottoms near Chicota, Texas as a boy. Lamar and Red River County are the inspiration for the fictional setting for The Red River Mystery series. His first...
Hopkins County 2017 Veterans Day Ceremony
Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County Texas will honor veterans Saturday, November 11, 2017, at 11:00am at Celebration Plaza in downtown Sulphur Springs. All veterans, their families and the community are invited to attend. The ceremony will include dedicating a new bench to honor those of have served to fight the global war on terrorism. The Honorable Robert Newson, Hopkins County Judge, will dedicate the bench and it will serve as an...
DBA Antique Car Show: Winners Announced
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