“Updated” Que Brittain
Memorial Services for Que Brittain, 68, will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Cross Timbers Community Church in Argyle. Brittain died Sunday following a battle with cancer. Brittain, who grew up in Sulphur Springs, was a high school star athlete at Sulphur Springs High School and went on to be a three-year starter at offensive guard for SMU in the late ’60s. His athletic prowess turned to coaching and he became...
Next Phase for Hannah
As the knockout rounds come to a close Monday night on “The Voice”, we will finally see which of the 20 contestants that will be headed to the Live Playoff Rounds. Local favorite, Hannah Kirby, has secured her spot BACK on Team Blake but everyone is anxious to see who will be left standing on all of the teams as they head to Live Rounds. When the Live Playoff Rounds start, viewers will finally get the chance to start...
National Nutrition Month
Making Fruits & Vegetables the Easy Choice March is National Nutrition Month, and as it draws to a close, we still need to keep in mind healthy eating concepts. In Texas, three out of four deaths are attributed to a chronic disease. However, studies show an intake of at least two and a half cups of vegetables and fruits per day as part of a healthy eating plan can reduce the risk of certain chronic diseases. Lifestyle is hectic...
Tuttie Frutti
1376 TUTTI FRUTTI MARCH 26, 2015 Our family has never been one to go overboard on fancy restaurants. Just a hamburger and maybe some butter beans will get us by. When Jean was working on tax business in Houston years ago the company she worked for carried the crew to an extra nice, and expensive, place. One of the first things brought to the table was a tiny...
One of the Busiest Gardening Months of the Year is Here.
Texas AgriLife Extension recommendations for March by M.C.Hansen, extension horticulturist for East Texas include the following: March weather for Northeast Texas can be very fickle – it could still freeze since average last freeze is around March 12, and yet it still could be very balmy and pleasant most of the month. Freezing weather mainly affects the timing of planting cold-sensitive plants, like tomatoes or begonias. If you...
Chicks for Charity Hopkins County Received the Community Pride Award
Chicks for Charity Hopkins County received the Community Pride Award Thursday night during the 89th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Chicks for Charity started in November 2011 with a social gathering in the fellowship hall at First United Methodist Church. Each of eight women who regularly met as a dinner club invited 10 other women who shared their desire to make a difference in the community. When they met, each...
SPRING BREAK, 1987 FEBRUARY 19, 2015 #1371
In 1987, I carried Greg Williams and Jason Daniels on a spring break camp out/fishing expedition to Red River but rain forced us to leave our first camp on dirt roads. We moved from the Chicota area to the Kiamichi River Bridge on Highway 109 in Oklahoma. From my ledger. Monday, March 16, 1987. A gravel road led from the highway down under the ancient bridge where we found a nice camping area. There was even a fish cleaning table with...
Jots and Titles # 1370 by Eddie Trapp, February 12, 2015
From my ledger. February, Friday the thirteenth, 1987. Tommy Ingram told me he read in the paper it was the first time in history that Friday the thirteenth came on a Full Moon. I sorta doubt that. The guy that put it in the paper must have been confused. I took a day of personal leave from school today. Got to the Charleston Store at 8:30 and later went to Danny Daniels place north of Vasco to a switch cane thicket on the bank of old...
1942 Armadillo, 1987 Super Bowl, And Mongooses, January 29, 2015 # 1368
From my ledger. Tuesday, January 20, 1987. Rivercrest varsity came to town. Our girls won but the boys’ game had a few unusual circumstances. Bart Tatum got fouled and rolled around on the floor at the jump ball to start the game. Later in the game Bart broke for the goal on a fast break and bumped into an official. Bart yelled at him to get out of the way and got a technical. Jason Holcomb got mad about something and coach put in a...
Walking To Charleston And Bad Dreams by Eddie Trapp, January 22, 2015
From my ledger back in 1986-1987. Tuesday, December 30, 1986. While out for the Christmas/New Year holidays several of us walked from my house on Highway 19 to Charleston. Our game was coons, crows, and coyotes. After hitting Brush Creek we traveled south toward South Sulphur. Our crew was Billy, Hunter, and Matt Poteet, Cade Alley, Larry Trapp, Greg Williams, and me. A coyote ran across the France Meadow but we couldn’t get a shot....
