Meal A Day Menu August 15th – August 19th
Monday Chicken Breast on a bed of Rice English Peas Cole Slaw Roll Tuesday Beef Patty with Roast Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Roll Wednesday Cheesy Chicken and Noodle Casserole Carrots Pickled Beets Thursday Chili Cheese Dogs Fritos Pickle Spears Friday Beef Lasagna Malibu Vegetables Garlic Toast...
Latson’s Going Green By Putting In Solar Panels
Last Thursday, Latson’s Office Solutions Inc. received 30 solar panels. Mike Horne, owner of Latson’s explained that getting solar panels “made sense financially” as the payback ended up being 4 and 1/2 years for a solar panel that would last from 20-30 years. Latson’s qualified for a USDA grant that paid for 25% of the cost, and they also received a 30% tax credit. Horne elaborated on how the company...
A KSST Intern’s Trip To Australia Part 1
This KSST intern, Savannah Owens, took a trip to Australia this Summer. Stay tuned for more articles containing more information about what all I learned! How to talk like an Australian: Australian Word-Meaning 1. Aborigines-Indigenous Peoples of Australia 2. Aussie (pronounced “Ozzie”) -Australian 3. Barbie-Barbecue 4. Brekkie/Brekky-Breakfast 5. Brolly-Umbrella 6. Bush-Country side 7. Chemist-Pharmacy 8. Chips-French...
Sulphur Springs Senior Olympics
Senior Olympics is Thursday, August 25th at the ROC at 1st Baptist Church 1K Race starts at 9:30 am and the other games start at 10:00 am. There are lots of categories that you can sign up to compete in.. You can compete in ALL of them or just choose which ones you would like. We will have a 1K Race, Bean Bag Toss, Horse Shoe Pitching, Nerf Javelin, Washer Pitching, Scooter Races, Wheelchair Races and Walk Races. All of the Events are...
Basics at Brunch Quarterly Meeting
On Monday April 18th, at 10:30 am Ross & Shoalmire will be holding a Basics at Brunch meeting. This is a free brunch provided by Rock Creek, and includes an informative program that will be held every quarter at the Sulphur Springs Senior Center. Elderly Law Attorneys Kristen Ishihara, John Ross, and Lisa Shoalmire will speak on different topics each meeting. They would like to invite you to listen in to this quarter’s topic...
Highway 11 Update
A few weeks ago Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court approved $142,000 to be contributed to the potential claim of right of way to eliminate the first major curve on Highway 11 West (joining Sulphur Springs and Commerce). This fund was created to support construction of a new and wider roadway over the next few months. The plans for this new roadway will reroute traffic south of several existing homes in the area and is supposed...
Why Does Sulphur Springs Not Have A Recycling Facility?
Think about it, you finish drinking a can of soda or a bottle of water and you toss it in the trash. What happens next? The can or bottle goes into a landfill where it may take from 50-450 years to decompose. Glass bottles may take millions of years to decompose. That’s a lot of time and a lot of trash! Stanford University found that the “average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day.” All...
TRAX Transportation Planning Meeting
On Monday, July 11th, at 1 p.m. there was an informational meeting at Sulphur Springs Senior Center regarding the TRAX transportation services. “TRAX Rural Public Transit District is updating the five year Regional Coordinated Transportation Plan.” Katina Johnson, council member for the ARK-TEX Council of Governments came from Texarkana to listen and educate the community about the TRAX services. The meeting was offered to...
Bodacious BBQ New Window Paint
Have you ever wondered who paints the amazing window art outside of Bodacious BBQ? Well wonder no more! Tammy Hill has been painting Bodacious BBQ’s windows as well as many other businesses’s windows since 1985. It took her from 6 am-12 am to paint the windows at Bodacious. She created a patriotic scene in honor of Independence Day. Hill says she stays busy all year long but her busiest time is Christmas. At Christmas...
Wesley United Methodist Church Invites You to Join Cave Quest
Wesley United Methodist Church is hosting their Vacation Bible School from August 1st-5th. The theme is Cave Quest-following Jesus, the light of the world! Be sure to attend for new friends, amazing experiments, spelunker sports, lip-smacking snacks, surprising adventures, incredible music and much more! It will be held from 9 am- 12 pm, with free lunches after each day. For more information call 903-885-3383 or stop by 614 Texas...
