The Chamber Connection
by: Meredith Caddell
September 2, 2010
Stew Cook’s Meeting—Tuesday, September 7th at 6pm at the Southwest Dairy Museum
Attention all cooking teams….please don’t forget about the stew cook’s meeting, Tuesday, September 7th at the Southwest Dairy Museum. At least one person from each team needs to be present in order to receive your $100 ingredient checks, stew quarts, goody bags and also discuss any changes to the stew contest as well as the rules.
I would like to thank the sponsors that are sponsoring the stew contest: Alliance Bank, City National Bank, Guaranty Bond Bank, Orthodontics at Summit Dental, A & S Air Conditioning, Audley Moore Construction, Lone Star Dodge, Luminant, Allstate Insurance-Patty Brown, AgriLand Farm Credit, A.K. Gillis, Richard Drake Construction, Ocean Spray, NETBIO, Judge Cletis Millsap, Town & Country Cleaners, Chris Brown, Powers & Blount, ReMax, Southwest Dairy Museum ABC Autoplex, Jordan Health Services, Vista Care and Winzen Film. Many others have donated items for the stew contest and they include: Farmers Electric Coop, Chicken Express, Southwest Dairy Museum, Alliance Bank, City National Bank, First United Methodist Church, Plain & Fancy Sandwich Shoppe, Furr’s, Chili’s, GSC Enterprises, The Lodge, Latson’s, Heritage Park, and the City of Sulphur Springs. If you are interested in being a stew sponsor, please give us a call.
Stew Tickets go on sale at the local banks, Tuesday, September 7th! Still just $5 for all-you-can-eat!!!
If you don’t like to wait in line…then you need to stop by one of the local banks and pick up your tickets to the World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest, beginning Tuesday, September 7th. The price is still just $5 for all-you-can-eat stew which includes cheese and crackers!
T-Shirt winner will be revealed at the Stew Cook’s Meeting on Tuesday Night!!!
We had several wonderful entries for the Stew Contest T-shirt Design contest, but now it’s your turn to decide which one is the winner! The winning t-shirt design will receive $50 Cash, have their t-shirts sold at the Stew Contest AND have the opportunity to be a stew judge! So please log on to www.hopkinscountystew.com and choose your favorite design and click VOTE! We will announce the winner on Tuesday, September 7th!!! If you have any questions, please call us at 903-885-6515.
Shadow Ranch Ribbon Cutting, Tuesday, August 31st.
Make a difference in a person’s life; Get involved with Shadow Ranch Therapeutic Center
We had a wonderful ribbon cutting at Shadow Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center. The facility is designed to provide therapy and life skills development through structured therapeutic programs for children and adults with special needs. Shadow Ranch is a non-profit organization, serving a 9 county area. The riding programs will benefit its students physically, psychologically and socially! If you would like to volunteer or find out how to become more involved, please call Marion Cox at 903-612-4260 or visit the center at 4388 I-30 West, Brashear!
Pictured in the photo are 2 of the therapy horses along with the many volunteers that it takes to provide quality, dependable therapy for people with disabilities, and many Chamber board members, ambassadors and community supporters!
Shadow Ranch plans to host a Labor Day Hoedown, on Monday, September 6th, from noon until 4:00 p.m.,
inviting the public to become acquainted with their facility.
The VFW will have the Grand Opening of their new Canteen on Saturday, September 4th at 2:00pm
Please join us for the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for the VFW on Saturday, September 4th at 2:00pm. They have just recently built a new canteen and want everyone to check it out! The VFW is open 7 days a week, so stop by and play a game of 42 or dominos and see the changes at the VFW.
2010-2011 High School Leadership
The students do not pay a tuition to participate in the program…it is 100% funded by sponsors. If you would like to help sponsor the Leadership Class, please contact the Chamber at 903-885-6515. I would like to thank the businesses that have already agreed to help sponsor the Leadership Class for this year: Alliance Bank, Bulkley & Associates, Charles Helm, Dhawal R. Ram, MD, First United Methodist Church, Grocery Supply Company, Guaranty Bond Bank, Hopkins County Dairy Festival, Kiwanis Club, Northeast Texas Farmers Co-op, Southwest Dairy Museum, Southwest Mobile Imaging, Town & Country Cleaners, Winzen Film, Inc., Trinity Harvest Church, Hopkins County Fall Festival, Quality Craft Cabinets, Heath Hyde, Attorney at Law and Joel Sheffield, Attorney at Law and Fieldhouse Sports.
Don’t miss these opportunities
9/4—Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening of the VFW at 2:00pm
9/7—Stew cooks meeting at the SW Dairy Museum-6pm
9/18—41st Annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest
Congratulations to the
Chamber of Commerce Business of the Week
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation
115 Airport Road
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
903-438-4799
Thought for the week: “We are honored to support Memorial Hospital in their goal to provide the best possible healthcare for the residents of Hopkins County. As we prepare to celebrate our 5th Annual Lights of Life Campaign & Gala we are counting our blessings. We are very grateful to the businesses and individuals of Hopkins County for their continued support of our efforts to make a difference. We are blessed and say “Thank You”! Jackie Thornton, Director
That’s all for now…have a GREAT week!
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