Canning Foods Safely At Home
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Vegetable gardening is just around the corner. Many people have a green thumb, which means a bumper crop of produce! Canning foods at home can be a fun way to preserve an abundant harvest from your garden. However, if done incorrectly, home-canned foods can cause serious, even fatal, foodborne illness. Make...
Dinner Bell Menu for February 16, 2022
A special thank you to this week’s Community Partner who wishes to remain Anonymous. That person has been a loyal supporter of The Dinner Bell Ministry over many years. 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 Chicken, Rice and Broccoli Casserole Glazed Carrots Garden...
Travel Tuesday: Free Nights At Marriott Hotels
As spring and summer approaches, a lot of folks want to travel more, but with everyone being stuck at home for two years, the demand for airline flights and hotel rooms is going up rapidly, and so are prices. A good way to offset the cost is to use points (or miles) from a hotel or airline loyalty program to pay for part or all of the costs. If you don’t have enough points, the best way to jump start the amount of points you do...
Friday Game Day Has Basketball, Baseball, and Soccer On Deck
Friday, Feb. 11 has four teams in action: both soccer teams, baseball, and men’s basketball hosting senior night. With golf, tennis, and track and field all beginning their seasons next week, today is the least busy Friday game day over the next month. Men’s baseball is scheduled to host Terrell on this Friday game day. Coach Jerrod Hammack and his squad take on the Tigers at Wildcats Park. That scrimmage tees off at 6 P.M. ...
Lee And Main Street Paving Projects To Begin Thursday Morning
Motorists who travel Lee and Main streets regularly should plan different routes the rest of the week, or expect temporary detours and potential delays, as crews proceed with paving projects Feb. 10-11, city officials advise. These projects, weather permitting, are only expected to be a couple of days, and once completed the smooth ride should make up for the temporary inconvenience while the paving projects are in progress. Motorists...
Noon Thursday, Feb. 10, Is Deadline For Tickets For Chamber Of Commerce Membership Banquet
Chamber Connection – Feb. 9, 2022 By Butch Burney If you’re ready for winter to be over, then you’re probably in the mood to get outside, and what better opportunity than at the 33rd Annual Chamber Golf Tournament, April 8, at beautiful Sulphur Springs Country Club. There are two tee times, 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., for the six-person scramble. We will have more information next week on registration (including online) and sponsorship...
Lady Cats Soccer Crushes Marshall, 11-0
Women’s soccer scored early and often in their win over the Lady Mavs. Five different Lady Cats scored and five more assisted on goals as Sulphur Springs demolished Marshall 11-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Anna Williams, assisted by Beita Palomino put the first one in the net just 65 seconds into Tuesday’s game. Williams finished the win over Marshall with four goals scored and an assist. Kylie Clark also...
Virtual Storm Spotter Training Program Planned Feb. 17 For Hopkins And Rockwall Counties
News Release – Feb. 7, 2022 The 2022 severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service will be conducting a free, virtual severe weather training class for Hopkins County on Thursday, February 17, 2022, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Officially called the SKYWARN Storm Spotter Class, the program will be held in partnership with...
Monday Game Day Brings Senior Night for Lady Cats Basketball, Golf and Baseball Spring Openers
Monday, Feb. 7 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs sports. Four different squads are in action for this Monday game day. Both golf teams had their usual early start, but today are in Rockwall for the Regional Preview to begin their seasons. Lady Cats golf had a solid fall season, placing third in all four of their fall competitions, including a contest at home in mid-October. Hosting a tournament on Oc. 18, both men and women’s...
Dinner Bell Menu for February 9, 2022
Once again Farm Bureau has “stepped to the plate” to be a Community Partner for Dinner Bell. As the Farm Bureau and Texas Agriculture go hand in hand we all need to be aware of the bountiful abundance of food and fiber provided by Texas farmers, ranchers and dairy producers. Thank you Farm Bureau/Thank you Texas Agriculturists. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on...
