Salty Situations – Moving Beyond the Salt Shaker!
Salty Situations – Moving Beyond the Salt Shaker! We hear many different messages about reducing the amount of sodium, salt, and sodium containing ingredients in the foods we eat. Do you ever find yourself asking whether you should focus on reducing sodium or salt? Sodium is found more often in processed foods, such as casseroles, pizza, and cold cuts, than the salt shaker. One message is clear, Americans tend to consume...
William ‘Bill’ Bradford
No one title could identify him. There were several. No one specific phrase could be said to be his. Again, there were several. William Earl (Bill) (Brad) Bradford was a man of many titles and several phrases. He became a part of KSST in March 1948 approximately 18 months after the radio station opened in an upstairs studio on the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. At his death in 2013, his voice was a part of the everyday of almost...
Chicks for Charity
As a Hopkins County charity-funding organization, Chicks for Charity is unique. The organization structure is almost non-structure, yet each year, the group accomplishes a lot of good in and for the community. Membership is about 130 “chicks” currently. There are no elected officers, no board of directors, no bank account and no annual “fund-raisers”. The group meets four times per year to hear nominations...
Annual Ice Cream Championship June 13
The Annual Texas State Champion Ice Cream Freeze Off will take place Saturday, June 13, 2015 during the Dairy Festival. It will begin at 4 p.m. in front of the Civic Center, leaving plenty of time for people to enjoy the parade and other scheduled activities. “The biggest thing about ice cream is the people that make it,” Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell said. “So we decided to make it a little...
Love is in the Air by Johanna Hicks
Love is in the Air June, the most popular month for weddings is rapidly approaching, and I wanted to announce a great opportunity for engaged couples, married couples, or seriously dating couples. The “Twogether in Texas” marriage education workshop is approved by the state of Texas, and engaged couples will be given a certificate to take to the County Clerk’s office when applying for a marriage license. The certificate will give...
Janie Louise Crump
Funeral Service for Janie Louise Crump, 68, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 10, 2015 at First Baptist Church with Bro. Mark Bryant, Bro. Fred Lewis and Bro. Bruce Stinson officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jerry Chapman, Curtis Chambers, Rod Young, Tommy Evans, David Brewer, and Bob Julian. Honorary pallbearers will be Gordon L. Ford and the Hopkins County Sheriff’s...
Janie Crump
Obituary of Janie Crump Funeral Service for Janie Louise Crump, 68, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 10, 2015 at First Baptist Church with Bro. Mark Bryant, Bro. Fred Lewis and Bro. Bruce Stinson officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jerry Chapman, Curtis Chambers, Rod Young, Tommy Evans, David Brewer, and Bob Julian. Honorary pallbearers will be Gordon L. Ford and the Hopkins...
L. Buel Berry
Funeral services for L. Buel Berry will be conducted at First Baptist Church Sanctuary at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2015 with Pastors Mark Bryant, Fred Lewis and Tommy Johnston officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Galyean, Gene White, Don Deaton, Kenneth Ward, Clyde Nichols, Lum Lumsden, Robert Carpenter, Jimmy Lloyd and the deacons of First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday March...
March Calendar of Events
March Calendar of Events One of our Extension volunteers dropped by my office and asked for a calendar of all the events for March. I pulled out my personal work calendar, and asked, “Which day?” Needless to say, there is always something going on with Extension! March is shaping up to be a very busy month, loaded with opportunities for everyone! Listed below are the events, workshops, luncheons, and meetings in which I will be...
Martha Dean Dickson Hare
Funeral services for Martha Dean Dickson Hare will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 27, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon with Clay Dixon and Jimmy Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery with Trey Brazil, Drew Conley, Mike Elliott, Wayne Foster, Jerry Hughes, Phillip Mattek, Billy Slaton, Jody Stanley, and Ryan Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Rody Alden and Shane...
