Dinner Bell Menu for May 11th, 2022
Honoring Grocery Supply Company and Fidelity Express for their support of Dinner Bell with supplies of paper goods since our founding in 2012. Dinner Bell is so grateful for their continued support. 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 at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Meat Loaf and Gravy Mashed Potatoes...
Conceptual Plat Of New 278-Acre Subdivision Receives Preliminary Approval
A request from James Webb of Oak National Development for approval of a conceptual plat of a new 278-acre subdivision with 1,159 single family lots with 11 common areas received preliminary approval of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night. A rezoning request was removed from the May 3 agenda, and some ground lease agreements at the airport were considered as well. Proposed 278-Acre Subdivision The preliminary plat approval...
City Council Approves Purchase Of Materials For 3 Major Street Projects
Sulphur Springs City Council this week approved the purchase of materials for three major street projects, with one project progressing in Phase 2. City Manager Marc Maxwell during Tuesday’s regular May City Council meeting reported that water, sewer and drainage work from Celebration Plaza to Patton Street is complete for Phase 1 of the College Street rebuilding project, completing the city’s portion of Phase 1. College...
Herbicides Simplify Weed Management
Mario Villarino By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent for Hopkins County, [email protected] Herbicides simplify weed management by allowing you to cover extensive areas in a relatively short time and reduce the need for time-consuming control practices such as hand weeding. Additionally, many herbicides have the advantage of selective control. Selective herbicides are those that kill...
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church To Celebrate 150 Years May 1
KSST Owners Challenge Community To Match Donation To Help Raise Needed Funds To Restore Stain Glass Windows St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 1206 College St., Sulphur Springs, Texas St. Philip’s Episcopal Church this Sunday will celebrate a big milestone – the church’s 150th anniversary as a mission in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Bishop Fraser Lawton of the Church of St. Dunstan in Mineola, who is also the assisting...
FDA Proposes Product Standards Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
Administration Hopes Change Will Help Prevent Youth Use, Significantly Reduce Tobacco-Related Disease and Death US. Food And Drug Administration April 28, 2022 Release Today (April 28, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. These actions have the potential...
Spring Brings Fresh Garden Produce
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] So Easy To Preserve, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service publication Many home gardens have been planted and questions have been received by our office on preserving the harvest. A great resource for home food preservation comes from my colleagues at the University of Georgia Cooperative...
A Strange Thing About The History Of The Tomato … And A Few Local Recommendations
By Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected] As temperatures start to warm-up, gardeners get in the mood of working outside, visiting plant stores and enjoying the garden. This week has been a very pleasant one with sporadic rain and cold temperatures at night. In Hopkins County, we have several gardeners passionate about tomato plants and tomato plant...
Edward Gene Nickerson II
Eddie Nickerson A celebration of life for Edward Gene Nickerson II, infant son of Jeannie Nickerson of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Eddie passed away on Monday. April 26, 2022, at Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Eddie came into this world on September 16, 2021, in true Nickerson form,...
Early Voting Under Way In SSISD Bond Election, 2 Constitutional Amendment Propositions
Last Day To Register To Vote For May 24 Runoff Is Monday Two elections will be held on two different days in May: the SSISD bond proposal, 2 proposed constitutional amendments, and Winnsboro ISD trustees elections on May 8; and runoffs from the March party primary elections will be held on May 24. There are two actions local voters can take today to vote in each. For registered voters, early voting in the May 7 elections starts today;...
