Discount Offered For Early Registration In YMCA After School Program At SSISD
Jul24

Discount Offered For Early Registration In YMCA After School Program At SSISD

Parents planning to enroll their student in the YMCA After School Program at Sulphur Springs Independent School District can save $50 if they they complete their child’s registration this weekend. YMCA will waive the $50 registration fee for parents who register their child on July 26-29 on YMCA Dallas’ website. Anyone not registered on those days will be assessed a one-time nonrefundable $50 registration fee. A $40 per...

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Tira News For July 24, 2019
Jul24

Tira News For July 24, 2019

By Jan Vaughn Joyce Dodd reports that the next Bible Study at the Tira Methodist Church will be on July 30 at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome. She adds, “Our little food pantry has been emptied almost daily this summer. With kids being home, it takes more food. We have some very generous people who help us out on a regular basis, but we are still running low. If anyone feels moved or is interested in helping out, we would appreciate any...

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Alliance Bank Offers ‘Cash Camp’ for 7th-12th Graders
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Hare Estate Auction on Saturday July 27 at Talco
Jul24

Hare Estate Auction on Saturday July 27 at Talco

Home, property and possessions of Jr. and Martha Hare will be sold in Estate Sale and Auction on Saturday July 27,2019 at 9am by SRS Auction Services, 903-439-9013, srsauction.com

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Beverly Ann Barton
Jul24

Beverly Ann Barton

Beverly Ann Barton, age 84, of Emory, passed away tragically on Sunday, July 21, 2019, in an automobile accident just outside of Greenville. Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Friday, July 26, 2019, at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM, at the church. Services will be officiated by Bro. Robert Burns. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory...

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Three Age Groups of Dixie Softball Players Coming to Sulphur Springs For World Series Next Week
Jul24

Three Age Groups of Dixie Softball Players Coming to Sulphur Springs For World Series Next Week

The 2019 Dixie Softball World Series will be held Aug. 2-7, at Coleman Park. For the first time since 2006, Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County are hosting the Dixie Softball World Series at Coleman Park, Aug. 2-7. The previous one featured one age group only. This time, three-age groups (9-10 year old Angels, 11-12 year old Pony Tails and 16-18 year old Debs) will be competing at the same time. Joey Martin, president of the Hopkins...

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Band Drum Line Camps Lead Into Start of Summer Band Next Week
Jul24

Band Drum Line Camps Lead Into Start of Summer Band Next Week

Jeffrey Garza, the Wildcats’ Marching Band percussion instructor, says the drum line is the heart in the center of any musical group. He says if they are not right, it means trouble for the entire band. To get percussion players on the same page in time for the start of summer band next week, Garza has been holding drum line camp last week and this week, July 22-26. Last week, he worked with the front ensemble including...

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Meet Bob Haydon: Local Author, Artist and Musician
Jul24

Meet Bob Haydon: Local Author, Artist and Musician

On the KSST Good Morning Show on July 24, 2019, Enola Gay’s guest was musician Robert Haydon who shared highlights of some of his music adventures to the bluegrass tunes he presented on his 1956 Mastertone banjo. Robert Haydon was born in Maryland and his family moved to Highland Park in Dallas, Texas in 1957 when Bob was 13 years old. Newly enrolled at Saint Mark’s Catholic School, and with no real friends yet, he made...

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3 Jailed On Local Warrants
Jul24

3 Jailed On Local Warrants

Three Sulphur Springs residents were taken into custody Tuesday by local officers on warrants, including two women arrested by police at the municipal court on misdemeanor warrants and a man held in another county’s jail on a felony Hopkins County warrant. Dylan Lee Reed Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Shing traveled to San Patricio County Jail and took Dylan Lee Reed, 22, of Sulphur Springs into custody at 3:36 p.m....

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Pesticide Private Applicator License Training
Jul24

Pesticide Private Applicator License Training

Pesticide Private Applicator License Training August 14, 2019A private pesticide applicator is someone who uses or supervises the use of restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides to produce an agricultural commodity on personally owned property, rented property, property owned by his or her employer, property under his or her general control, or the property of another person if applied without...

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