Hopkins County Chamber Connection

By Butch Burney

If you haven’t started preparing for the great Total Solar Eclipse in which Sulphur Springs is on the centerline, you have less than two months. The Chamber has an eclipse website, TotalEclipseSSTx.com, where you can upload information about events, attractions, lodging, retail shops, and restaurants. That will be the information clearinghouse for what is happening in Hopkins County on Monday, April 8, and the weekend leading up to that day.

We will host a free concert on Saturday, April 6, downtown, featuring The Paper Dolls, Jason Waldon, the Alibis and Dubb, and the Luv Machines. Plus, the vendors’ market will be at The Venue at 219 that weekend.

On the website, you can also order eclipse T-shirts, stickers, and glasses.

Check out the website, upload information, and get prepared!

Chamber Golf Tournament

For all the linksters, the Chamber’s Annual Golf Tournament, historically the first Friday in April, has been moved to the first Friday in May due to the eclipse traffic. We will post registration information in the middle of next week.

The tournament is limited to 43 teams – 18 in the morning and 25 in the afternoon.

Joy of Hope

Joy of Hope, Inc., will have a Concert Fundraiser at 7:00 pm at Central Baptist Church on Friday, February 16. Admission is $20, and proceeds go to Joy of Hope, Inc., a ministry to the blind, visually impaired, diabetics, and others with skills needed to live independently. The Erwins and the DeVore Family will be in concert.

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

Get your bacon at the Annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm. Saturday, February 17, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The cost is $8 per person, and children under six eat free. It includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, bacon, coffee, milk, and juice. The funds will benefit local charitable programs.

Ribbon Cuttings

Pioneer Café will host a ribbon-cutting at noon on Friday, February 16, at their new location on Jefferson Street. Please join us for this event. Lone Star Community Response will have a ribbon-cutting at noon on February 22 at the Chamber office. Everyone is welcome. Gear Up Supplements will have a ribbon-cutting at their location at 101 Bill Bradford Road at noon on Friday, February 23. Please join us.