Chamber Connection: Stew Contest is October 22
Chamber Connection-September 8th How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, of course. That’s been our motto around here lately! Planning a World Famous Stew Cook-off has many layers to it, but it certainly is fun! The time to enter your world famous stew is HERE! Stew Cook-off updates: The Chamber has already mailed out Stew Cook letters and Sponsor letters. If you have not received your letter, please call the Chamber at...
Arts, Crafts and Collectibles Show May 27,28!
Come to Heritage Park this weekend and see quilts, glass yard art, and jewelry made of bone and antler…a general store…plus vendors offering soaps and candles, Hawaiian foods and much more. The Show and Sale will be open Friday May 27 and Saturday May 28 from 9am til 5pm. Admission is free! Also enjoy a Ranch Cook-off at noon on Saturday, with tickets at $15 for the cook-off. The Hopkins County Historical Society’s...
Two Como-Pickton art students win
Two Como-Pickton students came away with first place ribbons in the Annual Heritage Park Art Show last weekend. Junior, Beatriz Olvera won with her detailed scratch art work of a lion. Marbella Santivanez, Junior, won with her multi-media colored pencil and ink work of an elephant. Congratulations to these two talented Como-Pickton Eagles!
Hopkins County Historical Society Student Art Show Results
Hopkins County High School students are presenting their own pieces of work in an art show this Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30 at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs, TX. The art show is sponsored by the Hopkins County Historical Society. SSHS Art Teacher Dr. Phillip Dick made it a requirement for his advanced art students that they enter the art show for their class. “It’ll range from print making to...
Chamber Connection April 14th, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection by Meredith Caddell April 14th by Meredith Caddell Congratulations Grocery Supply Company for winning the 27th Annual Chamber Golf Tournament! We had a fabulous day at the Sulphur Springs Country Club last Friday! The weather was Perfect, the course was beautiful and the golfing was superb! Grocery Supply Company did something that no other team has done in the past…not only did they win the low...
Business History Month: Hampton House Jewelry
Hampton House Jewelry is owned by a husband and wife duo on Main Street near downtown Sulphur Springs. Angela and Wes Hampton have owned several businesses in the past twenty-five years, but believe the jewelry business is their calling. Wes Hampton installed insulation for over thirty years of his life, but always had a deep interest in fossils, gemstones, and prehistoric life. Angela worked in the antique store that was located in...
SSHS Carolers Spread Christmas Cheer over Weekend
The past weekend saw a unique surprise for people who attended Christmas events with families at the Celebration Plaza and Heritage Park. Four Sulphur Springs High School choir members were chosen to be carolers for December 3-5. The city of Sulphur Springs had contacted SSHS about having student carolers as opposed to people hired in the past. Costumes were rented for the students involved. The students chosen were Sarah Bennett for...
Lighted Christmas Parade a True Area Favorite
Celebration Plaza was crowded with hundreds of people enjoying various activities including white tigers, snow slide, and a movie but when the Lion’s Club Lighted Christmas Parade started, everyone crowded the barriers to view the sights and hear the sounds of bands, shouts of Merry Christmas and personal greetings called out to friends and family. Members of the Lion’s Club and other sponsors can call the event a success....
Saputo Company Picnic Sees Great Turnout
The Saputo dairy product manufacturing company held an employee picnic in Heritage Park on October 17, 2015. A meal was served employees and a number of employee’s children were also present. People played games such as horse shoe, slingshot and volleyball, and prizes were also given out to employees. Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic Saputo Picnic...
Dutch Oven Cookoff Introduces Youth Division
The annual Indian Summer Days returns to Heritage Park on Saturday, October 3. An integral part of the event is the annual John Chester Dutch Oven Cookoff. Cookoff organizer Rick Wilson was Enola Gay’s guest on KSST’s Good Morning Show Tuesday morning. Wilson said the Dutch Oven Cookoff will kick-0ff the Fall season. A new division has been added for youth 16-years of age and under. Those in the youth division will cook...
