Hearts of Life Presents Smokey for Adoption
Smokey is a unique and beautiful boy. He is a large mixed breed with long, silky hair but will proudly wear his coat shaved as well! He is very inquisitive and somewhat independent. He is dog friendly but prefers to run solo. He enjoys taking long walks on the leash. Smokey is a dreamer with a heart of gold.
Will you be the one to give him his home sweet home? His adoption fee is $100.00 which includes all previous vetting, neuter and rabies shot. Please contact Hearts of Life Animal Rescue by phone at 903-439-5019, email [email protected], www.facebook.com/heartsoflife or Petfinder.com!
Chamber Connection May 17, 2018
The 2018 Ice Cream Freeze-off is getting really close! We are currently in need of sponsors of the Ice Cream Freeze-off, and people to make homemade ice cream in the contest. There is no charge to enter the ice cream contest, so please consider being a part this year! The Ice Cream Freeze-off will be held on Saturday, June 9th, at 5:30 p.m. on the REAR lawn of Shannon Oaks Church. We are moving the Ice Cream to the back of Shannon Oaks so that once the Ice Cream is over, the hot air balloons will get fired up all in the exact same place. Make plans to be a part of the Ice Cream Freeze-off then watch 30 hot air balloons glow and take flight. It’s going to be a great day!!! We’d love to have you join us for this fun day!!!
Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis will host ribbon cutting celebration
Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis will host their ribbon cutting celebration on Saturday, May 19th, at 9:00 a.m. They are located in the Fix & Feed parking lot, 1000 Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs. Make sure to stop by and welcome this new business to Hopkins County (and eat some delicious breakfast)!
Branded Ranch Rodeo is scheduled for Saturday, May 19
Our local Cowboy Churches along with Community Seeds will host and endorse the Branded Ranch Rodeo & at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center on Saturday, May 9th. The Rodeo starts at 4 p.m. where you will enjoy sortin’, a calf scramble, wild cow milkin’, muggin’, and bronc riding. Tickets are $5 per person (kids under 5 are free). You may also make a donation of $10 for a chance to win a custom Kearney trailer. This year’s proceeds support Community Seeds. For more information, visit www.brandedranchrodeo.com.
AgriLife Extension offers Rebalancing Work & Life Webinar
The Military Families Learning Network (MFLN) is providing a free monthly webinar in partnership with USDA, U.S. Department of Defense, and Extension. The May 23rd webinar will take place at 10:00 a.m. To sign up, go to: https://learn.extension.org/events/3261. To join the webinar, use the ‘event location’ link designated for each webinar and follow directions within the site. The MFLN offers both continuing education credit (CE) and certificates of completion for webinars. An additional webinar will take place on June 13th. For more information, call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office – Hopkins County – at 903-885-3443.
Hunt Regional is offering Mobile Mammography Coach in Sulphur Springs
Hunt Regional Hospital is offering the Tubby Adkisson Memorial Mobile Mammography Coach on May 24th in the Spring Village Shopping Center in Sulphur Springs. All insurances accepted at Hunt Regional are also accepted for the Mobile Mammography Coach, including Medicare and Medicaid. They can also help with payment resources for uninsured/income-eligible women or those who choose to pay cash. For help with payment resources please call The Bridge Breast Network at (214) 821-3820 x 21. To schedule individual screening mammograms, please call (903) 408-5010. Appointments and pre-registration are requested.
The Northeast Texas Alliance will host workforce seminar
On June 6th the Northeast Texas Alliance is holding a regional government seminar to discuss workforce issues. Workforce readiness and preparation are the current buzz words and major points of discussion not only for new business recruitment but also business retention and expansion. The luncheon speaker will be TWC Commissioner Julian Alvarez, with additional speakers including Texas State Senator Brian Hughes. The seminar is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and will include lunch. It will be located at the Mt Pleasant Civic Center in Mt Pleasant, Texas. Cost for the program is $23.00 each. The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is encouraging participation in this program by encouraging attendance of our businesses, community leaders, and citizens. Call the Chamber at (903) 885-6515 to order your tickets.
Red River Credit Union hosted their grand opening
Red River Credit Union hosted their ribbon cutting celebration and grand opening of their new building on Wednesday, May 9th at noon. The new located is 822 Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs. Please make plans to go by and see this beautiful new building and welcome Red River Credit Union to their new location.
Computer & Networks hosted a ribbon cutting celebration
Computers & Networks hosted their ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, May 11th at noon. Computers & Networks is prepared to help their businesses and customers in everything they may need to run their computers effectively. They are located 525 Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs, so go by and visit for your computer needs.
Teams Needed for the New “Whipped” Challenge Food Contest for Dairy Festival 2018
In search of a new dairy food contest, local Extension Agent Johanna Hicks and food committee members who like the TV show “Chopped” decided to fashion a similar contest for this year’s Hopkins County Dairy Festival. It will be held on the morning of Saturday June 16, 2018 in an outdoor setting in front of the Civic Center sound stage. Space is limited to eight 4-person teams, and entry fee is $40 per team. Get your cooking team together and your application in quickly! Application deadline is May 31, but the eight slots are expected to fill before then. You can call for details at 903-885-3443.
Team contestants will need to bring nothing except their favorite knives for slicing and dicing. All cooking and blending equipment, dishes and all food ingredients will be provided. Each team will be provided with a set of ingredients for each of three rounds of preparation. No recipes will be provided, so that’s where the team’s creativity and versatility come in! Each team’s food preparation site will be situated under a canopy. (Team members may dress as they like, or they can go all out with matching team wear and team names.) The three rounds are: snack/appetizer, main dish and dessert, and each round’s preparation and presentation has a time limit. Judges will briefly interview the teams about how they formulated their entries after each round. As rounds progress, some teams will be eliminated as winners advance. Prizes and gift cards will be awarded to the one team named “Whipped” Champion, and all the teams will take home prize bags and keepsake rosettes.
Download an application and rules of play at hopkinscountydairyfestival.com or at hopkins.agrilife.org. Printed applications and rules of play are available at the Agrilife Extension office and at the Southwest Dairy Museum.
Mayor Proclaims Friday “Put on Purple Day” in Sulphur Springs; Raising Awareness of Lupus
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS PROCLAMATION:
WHEREAS, an estimated 1. 5 million Americans suffer from Lupus, the chronic inflammatory, autoimmune disease that can affect various pans of the body, especially the skin, joints, blood and kidneys; and
WHEREAS, Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to those of many other illnesses, and major gaps exist in understanding the causes and consequences; and
WHEREAS, the Lupus Foundation of America, Lone Star Chapter is part of a national force devoted to solving the cmel mystery oflupus while providing caring support to those who suffer from its brutal impact; and
WHEREAS, the Chapter rallied the City of Sulphur Springs, Texas, to wear the color purple and to further unify the support for those living with the disease; and
WHEREAS, awareness is vital in raising funds for research for those affected by lupus; and it is our responsibility as a community to advocate on their behalf and to further encourage educational programs so everyone affected by lupus can have an improved quality of life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John A. Sellers, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Sulphur Springs, Texas, do hereby proclaim May 18, 2018 as Put On Purple Day throughout the City of Sulphur Springs and urge all citizens to support the cause of raising awareness of lupus, so that we can have a world with NO lupus.
PJC Graduates 371 Students
by Paul Bailey
Lauren Hudson of Cumby graduated with her Associate’s Degree in General Studies with Highest Honors (4.0 GPA) prior to graduating from high school.
A beautiful evening greeted graduates, their families and friends at Noyes Stadium on May 11 during the 93rd spring graduation ceremony of Paris Junior College. Out of 371 students graduating with a certificate or associate degree, more than 200 students chose to participate in the ceremony.
PJC Student Government Association President Johnathan Stevenson gave the opening invocation, and freshman music major Cyan Burkhart performed “You Raise Me Up.”
Graduating students ranged in age from 17 to 61 years, and were 45 percent male and 55 percent female. They came from 34 Texas counties, 12 states, Puerto Rico, and Ghana.
“In this year’s graduating class, we have 32 students receiving their associate degrees who will graduate from high school in the next two to three weeks,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. “Of these, 22 are from Quinlan Ford High School, three are from Wolfe City High School, two are from Miller Grove High School, and one each from Cumby, North Lamar, Paris, Prairiland, Roxton, and Lone Oak high schools.”
“Among our graduates are this year’s valedictorians from Cumby and Miller Grove High Schools;” Dr. Anglin said, “a young man who made his own prosthetic hand as a final class project in our computer aided drafting and 3D Printing program; a student who was fourth in the nation in stolen bases in the NJCAA this season; and members of the baseball team with an overall GPA of 3.70, which is one of the highest athletic team GPAs in the nation.”
The 2018 Master Teacher Award was then presented. Nominations are made by faculty peers and then reviewed for final selection. Winning was History Instructor and Social Sciences Division Chair Lisa Johnson.
“This instructor truly represents the student-friendly, people-friendly characteristics of Paris Junior College,” said Dr. Anglin, reading from nominator comments. “She knows that as our classrooms continuingly become more diverse, the challenge to engage all students is even more critical. She goes out of her way to help students succeed so that they may continue to pursue their academic goals. She was among the first, if not the first, to conduct an on-line course for Paris Junior College receiving the NETnet Consortium Outstanding Distance Educator award.”
The Distinguished Service Award, PJC’s highest student honor, was announced next by Associate Vice President for Student Access and Success Sheila Reece. This award has been presented annually to a PJC graduate since 1935, when it was first given to Louis B. Williams, who later became president of Paris Junior College. The Award recognizes academic achievement and service to PJC and the community and is given to an outstanding graduating student. PJC faculty and professional staff determine the winner.
Named to the honor for 2018 was Ryleigh Davidson, a graduate of Prairiland High School from Blossom. She is a nursing major and a two-year member of the PJC cheer squad. She also serves as PJC’s 2017-2018 Homecoming Queen. She plans to continue nursing school at PJC, wanting to eventually travel with her nursing degree.
Second Day of Early Voting in Primary Runoff Slower for Republicans
The second day of early voting in the May Primary Runoff was not as active for Republicans as the first but Democrats seem to be holding a steady pace. For Republicans, 121 ballots were cast Tuesday bringing their total to 284 ballots cast in the first two days. Democrats had seven (7) voters cast ballots bringing their total to 14 for the first two days.
Early voting in the Primary Runoff Election continues 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day through Friday, May 18th. Early voting takes place at the Justice of the Peace Courtroom, 128 Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs.
Tuesday, May 22 is Primary Runoff Election Day with voting places open 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Hopkins County registered voters may cast ballots at any of the voting places on that day. Voting places will include the Lutheran Church on Texas Street, the Courthouse downtown, Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church on Fuller Street, and League Street Church of Christ and Como-Pickton School on Highway 11 E. Republicans are voting for nominees for Hopkins County Treasurer and Commissioner Precinct 2. Since there are not Democrat challengers, those who receive the nomination will be the only ones for those offices on the ballot in November. Democrats are voting in state runoff races only.
Como Woman Admitted to Smoking Meth
When the 2005 Chrysler 300 was stopped by the Hopkins County Deputy on FM 69 south of the Black Oak Church, Brenda Raley Davis, 63, of Como, showed signs of involuntary movement of the jaw that appeared to be the result of the influence of a narcotic.
Consent to search the vehicle resulted in the officer finding a black zippered sunglasses case on the passenger side floorboard. Inside the case was a clear glass pipe commonly used for smoking methamphetamine. A usable amount of the substance was located in the stem and bowl of the pipe. After her Miranda Warning, Davis told the officer she had smoked meth as recently as the previous day and that the passenger in the vehicle had no involvement with the suspected meth.
Davis is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Sulphur Springs Public Library Announces Summer Reading Program 2018
Who remembers these sayings?…A Spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down…choose your friends wisely…Be prepared for anything…carefully consider your words…be polite and keep your cool. These are words of wisdom from Mary Poppins! Sulphur Springs Public Library teaming up with Shining Star Productions proudly announces Fun with Mary Poppins Summer Reading Program 2018.
As always, the library challenges kids to complete three reading logs which equals 8 ½ hours of reading over the summer. Special prizes for those that meet our challenge.
This year’s Summer Reading Program has so many things going on. Adult reading programs, Minecraft for the teens and tons of activities for Preschool, Elementary and Middle School students. We are especially excited about the Texas A&M Chemistry Road show. That one has so many special effects that we will be at the Civic Center!
- Thursday May 31 at 5-7pm Summer Reading Program Kickoff with Ewe Pet Petting Zoo, Dairy Queen face painting, summer reading challenge sign ups, food and music!
- Story time will be each Tuesday at 10am in June and July (except for July 10 and 17) and. Watch for a special guest appearance! Fun, stories and great prizes!
- Minecraft is back every Friday afternoon at 3pm beginning June 1 and ending July 27.
- Thursday June 21st at 6pm is a special Mary Poppins Story time event.
- Friday June 22 at 3pm you won’t want to miss the Bubble Show with Brett Roberts
- Thursday June 28 at 11am we welcome Will Parker with a very Musical Story time .
- July 10 at 10-11:30am at the CIVIC CENTER Don’t miss the Texas A&M Chemistry Road show. ***This program contains flame effects and explosions, and is suitable for grades 3 and up. Students in grades 3 and up will be allowed to sit in the front marked rows. Parents with younger children must be seated behind the marked rows.
- July 17 at 10am don’t miss the Medieval Times knight with a special Medieval Story time performance.
- The last Story time for summer 2018 is Tuesday July 31 at 10am
- August 2 6pm – Ticketed event – End of Summer program for kids that complete 3 reading logs.
The library is happy to answer any questions, please call 903-885-4926 and you can visit us on Facebook or at www.sslibrary.org
Here’s to you, Mary Poppins! Thanks for your incredible wisdom, sass, and unending amounts of joy!
Special thanks to our prize sponsors! Shining Star Productions, Splash Kingdom, Shenaniganz, Urban Air, Medieval Times, Texas A & M, Grocery Supply, Dairy Queen, Pogo Pass, Escapology, Pizza Hut, Pizza Inn, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Alley Cats, Amazing Jakes, Texas Skatium, National Video Game Museum.
