Winners of the Hopkins County Junior Commercial Heifer Show 2023
September 30, 2023 – The record books are examined and the interviews complete. The livestock judging finished around 11 AM on Saturday. The winners of the 2023 show are as follows.
Bidding for this quality cattle starts at 6PM.
Controlling Goat Weed From Master Gardener David Wall
September 27, 2023 – NOTE: This article written for vegetable gardens, not pasture-land.
Several years ago, a local land owned was showing his 200 acres of pasture land and mentioned he wanted to invest in a goat herd because of all the goat weed on the property. He wasn’t happy to learn that goats detest goat weed. Usually, the only way they’ll eat it is if the field is brush hogged and later baled. Even then, they’re not happy to have it as a choice meal!
Untreated goat weed in your vegetable garden can rapidly become a serious problem. Fortunately, however, vegetable gardens are seldom larger than 6-7K square feet, but even up to a full acre, an easy treatment is to pull every plant by hand. Then, put the pulled weeds in a pile, burn them, or bag and take them to the local trash dump. You’ll miss a few plants and/or seeds, of course, but in subsequent years, new goat weeds will be less than before.
For whatever reason, but once goat weed gets to 12” tall, most chemical sprays for it just can’t get the job done. At that height, it’s probably best to brush hog the area, and as soon as new growth is detected, spray, or wait until spring to spray.
Goat weed is almost the perfect weed, because most eradication methods used to treat it are usually too early, too late, or otherwise ineffective for whatever reason. Waiting until the plant is too tall for sprays to be effective is a common failure. On top of this, spraying will not kill the seeds. So, even if the sprays should work, the seeds will rapidly make a comeback.
Fires in our area are dangerous but will kill the current plant as well as the seed above the ground.
Convicted Cattle Rustler Violates Parole
September 29, 2023 – Convicted cattle rustler JACOB THOMPSON, who lists himself as a self-employed livestock rancher, is back in Hopkins County Jail.
Thompson, now 36 years-old, was arrested in Carter County Oklahoma, and held at the County Jail until deputies could escort him back to Sulphur Springs. His bond is currently set at $500,000. He is charged with:
1 31.03(F) VOP THEFT PROP >=$100K<$200K ENH IAT
In October 2013, Thompson allegedly tried to use bad checks totaling more than $300,000 to purchase 400 head of cattle from the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction. See that story here.
Thompson, a Louisiana native was arrested near Sallisaw, OK. He was later released from Hopkins County Jail on $200,000 bond.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Cumby Man Arrested for Invasive Visual Recording
September 28, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies traveled to a Commerce TX address this week to arrest a Cumby man wanted for Invasive Visual Recording.
The Invasive Visual Recording crime in the state of Texas gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you take, or help spread, any kind of photograph or video of (1) someone’s “intimate areas” or (2) someone in a bathroom or changing room.
Xavier James Black, age 17, was arrested without incident and transported to the Hopkins County Jail. His bond is set at $100,000. He faces this charge:
1 21.15(C) INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Dinner Bell Menu For October 4, 2023
Dr. Andrew Yoder and his experienced team at I Focus Vision Care, this week’s Community Partner, use the latest equipment to acertain the health of your eyes! If needed he will prescribe corrective lenses for you. Stylish eyewear and prescriptive lenses are available on site!
GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 on Wednesday.
MENU
Chicken Spaghetti
California Blend Vegetables with Parmesan Bread Crumbs
Yeast Rolls
Garden Salad
Coconut Cake
BE CAREFUL AS THE PANDEMIC AND THE FLU ARE STILL IN OUR MIDST!!! WEAR MASKS WHERE REQUIRED! WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN! GET INOCULATED AND BOOSTED!
DINNER BELL CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!!!
Paris Junior College President Announces Retirement
After decades of service to Paris Junior College, its students and community, Dr. Pam Anglin has announced her retirement as president at the end of the year. A first-generation college student and the first female president of the College, she has served since 2003 and is a true community college success story.
“I’ve heard it said that you’ll know when it’s time,” Dr. Anglin said, “and I’ve realized that time has come. I’ll be relocating to start a new chapter and be closer to family. I’ve loved my time at PJC – the students, the employees, and the communities. I’ve made many dear friends here.”
Despite size and rural location, PJC has been a national leader in the community college shift from open-door access for all to successful completion of a certificate or degree, allowing students to pursue a good job or transfer to university with strong academic underpinnings for continued success.
As confirmation, PJC was chosen for the national Pathways Project in 2017, boosting the College’s work to improve student engagement in the classroom and help students master the knowledge and skills needed. PJC was recognized with an Overall Exemplar Award in 2018 for refining the math courses students needed and removing barriers to help them finish with a certificate or degree and the Texas Pathways 2019 Excellence in Implementation and Scaling award.
“I began working in community colleges because I wanted to make a difference in student lives and I believe community colleges remain at the forefront of that effort,” Dr. Anglin said.
Recently, PJC was one of seven colleges in Texas and 72 nationally chosen for a student success project with the Institute for Evidence-Based Change. These include proven steps for faculty and staff to implement to further boost success for students.
“Dr. Anglin has done a wonderful job for PJC and the community. She’s been a very progressive leader while maintaining excellent financial condition at the College and we wish her well in her new endeavors,” said PJC Board of Regents President Curtis Fendley. “Her legacy has set a high bar.”
When Dr. Anglin arrived in 2003, PJC had a two-month operating reserve. Now, despite historically having one of the smallest tax bases among the 50 Texas community colleges, the State of Texas consistently reports the College has no financial stress indicators. She implemented the return-on-investment concept for student success and retention in 2005, developed a facilities’ master plan that saw new campuses in Greenville and Sulphur Springs, and new and upgraded buildings at the Paris location. A recent groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new workforce training facility in Greenville.
Dr. Anglin also led PJC to begin participating with Achieving the Dream, a national initiative for student success, in 2006 and PJC named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2015. The College was twice recognized as one of the fifty fastest growing community colleges in the nation and received the 2012 Excellence in Education Award from the Texas Association of Business.
Dr. Anglin has supported outcomes-based funding at the state level, embracing success points to encourage innovation for student success at all Texas community colleges. This movement culminated in the successful passage of HB 8 in the most recent Legislative session. She developed mandatory orientation to increase student success and has helped develop many national initiatives to improve student success through data usage and career pathways.
Encouraging partnership among local colleges, Dr. Anglin helped form the Texas Community Colleges Consortium for Shared Resources to pursue cost savings in new enterprise resource planning software and annual allocations from the Texas State Legislature. From 2016 to 2018 she chaired the Northeast Texas Consortium of Colleges and Universities (NETnet), which was comprised of 13 member institutions. She was chair from 2008 to 2012, and vice chair in 2007-2008 and 2016-2017.
She served two separate terms on the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors and two terms on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees. She has served on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Community and Technical College Formula Advisory Committee intermittently since 2007; as vice chair in 2008 and chair in 2012 and 2018.
Closer to home, Dr. Anglin has served on the Northeast Texas Workforce Board; the Texas Association of Community College Trustees Advisory Board, 2007-2010; and chaired the Upper East Texas Higher Educational Regional Council, 2005-2006 and 2022-2023. She was also a founding board member in 1990 and board vice president of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs in 1994. The group was created to focus on teaching and learning, as opposed to research, and accredits two- and four-year business programs and schools.
In the area of two-year postsecondary educational concepts, Dr. Anglin has published “Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are, Where We’re Going,” in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and “Applying financial analysis to student retention.” Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A Global Perspective for the Global Economy; Eds. Stewart E. Sutin, Daniel Derrico, Rosalind Latner Raby, and Edward J. Valeau.
Dr. Anglin was recognized with the Teamwork Award 2014 from Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas. She has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa CEO Hall of Honor, the PTK Texas Region Hall of Honor, and received PTK’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction.
She received her associate’s degree from Grayson County College before earning her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and her master’s from Texas Christian University. She earned her EdD in educational administration from Baylor University and studied at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.
A Certified Public Accountant, Dr. Anglin taught accounting prior to becoming an administrator. She began her higher education career as a business officer at Texas Christian University.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
A Candidate Forum For House District 2 Candidates Will be Held October 11, 2023
September 27, 2023 –
The Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel, a local chapter of Texas Retired Teachers Association will hold a Candidate Forum on October 11 for candidates who are running in the special election for Texas House District 2.
Citizens in Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties are eligible to vote in this election.
The forum is expressly focused on education issues. This is an opportunity for teachers and school personnel, families and business owners, and the public at large to learn more about the candidates and to ask education-related questions to those seeking this position. Each candidate will have the opportunity to speak for three minutes and then questions will follow.
Because the governor has placed such a high priority on education during the legislative session, we felt that focusing on education issues would be very relevant to the citizens in all three counties.
The forum will be held on Wednesday, October 11, from 5:00-6:00 pm at the Sulphur Springs Middle School Cafeteria, 835 Wildcat Way, Sulphur Springs.
Ramsey Back in Hopkins County Jail
September 27, 2023 – Victoria Nicole Ramsey is back in Hopkins County Jail. She was arrested by Wills Point Police on September 24th. The Van Zandt County Sheriff held her on a $150,000 bond till she could be returned to face her charges in Hopkins County.
Ramsey, age 34, was arrested last year after a motorcycle chase along I-30 in Sulphur Springs. When she was eventually arrested she had several credit cards that were listed as stolen in her possession. See that story here.
She is charged with:
1 32.51(C)(2) FRAUD USE/POSS IDENTIFYING INFO # ITEMS 5<10
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Odell Arrested After Traffic Stop
September 27, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Police observed the driver of a black Lincoln perform a traffic violation around midnight Tuesday. A traffic stop was performed in the parking lot of a south Broadway retailer. The driver was compliant, and when asked, he gave permission to search the vehicle.
During that serch, Police found a black bag. Inside they found baggies of methamphetamine and associated paraphernalia.
The passenger, 35 year-old Ashton Elizabeth ODell, claimed ownership of the bag and contents. She was arrested and transported to the Hopkins County Jail without incident. ODell, who lists herself as unemployed, was on parole out of Lamar County at the time of her arrest.
ODell is charged with:
1 481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Hopkins County Records –
Report of Marriage Documents for Hopkins County
8/23/23 Thru 9/7/23
- Ted Robert Patton Jr and Linda LaJean Patton
- Christopher Trent Newton and Sarah April Marks
- Monty Carl Kingsley and Deborah Irby Morgan
- William Hunter McPherson and Makayla Lynn Hall
- Jonathan Alex Motes and Kendall Rita Eapp
- Kenneth Christopher White and Bethany Nicole Moser
- Jimmy Dee Buckholt Jr and Sarah Elizabeth Massey
- Brandon Shane Stotts and Kimberly Ann Chisom
- Juan Antonio Tovar and Summer Michel Weatherford
- Gene Kenneth Ingram and Amanda Dawn Teater
- Jordan Howard Griggs and Jaylee Nichole Williams
- Matthew Jay Stang and Brittney Nicole Bell
Land Deed Transactions
- Tina Marie Knotts, Gregory Leach, and Haley Leach to David Aaron Knotts; Tract in the N R Irby Survey
- Glenn Miller to Nancy Walker and Randall Walker; Tract in the Robert Lee Survey
- Glenn Miller and Laura Miller to Brandy C Pence and Sean P Pence; Tract in the Robert Lee Survey
- Daniel and Patsy Klingemann Living Trust, Patsy R Klingemann Co Trustee to Ellen Shipley and James
- Shipley; Tract Green Acres Addn
- Gary Lewis to Clinton Cline and Misty Cline; Tract in the Irwin Addn Survey
- Pamela Chennault to Juan Perez; Tract in the Juan Palvadore Survey
- Carla Frazier Family Trust, Carla Fay Frazier and Rick Frazier Co Trustees, Rick Frazier Family Trust to
- HP Investments LLC; Tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin Survey
