Outdoors

Kane Ross and Caden Wright fished the DETX Q5 tournament on Sam Rayburn and brought in two fish weighing 3.30 lbs. Weigh-in was at Jackson Hill Park & Marina. Congratulations to these two Hemphill Hornet Bass Club members!

Kane Ross representing the Hemphill Hornet Bass Club during the DETX bass tournament on Lake Sam Rayburn last weekend landed these two nice keepers on his first and last cast of the day. Congratulations Kane!

Christmas holidays. Those two words bring happiness and fear to every mother of children over 25.

Carol Waller announced the beginning of the 2023 Toys for Tots Christmas campaign to serve the residents of Sabine County. All toys and donations received are distributed back into Sabine County. Local drop boxes are placed in Hemphill, Pineland, Six- Mile and Fairmont.

A parade favortie from Christmas in Toyland, sponsored by Hemphill Lion’s Club. More pics and parade winners in the Santa Letter Edition.

Members of the Fairdale Baptist Church (they did this last year too) put on a fantastic fish fry at Legacies Nursing & Rehabilitation on Friday, December 1st. The residents enjoyed a great lunch of fried fish with all the trimmings! Thank you Fairdale Baptist Church and Legacies for all that you do!

The girls win the West Sabine FFA Chili Cook-off on Tuesday evening, November 28th at the Ag barn. Four teams competed (two girl teams and two boy teams) and the winning team was Abby Bragg, Mahala Maxey, and Malori Clark (pictured above).

Top from left to right: The Hemphill Education Foundation sponsored a pancake supper with Santa on Tuesday evening. Pictured: Elementary Principal Stephanie Harkness and Asst. Amanda Smith, Foundation members, Veronica White, Stephanie Wilkerson and Stephanie Corley with Santa himself.

Cat Bennett and Erin Hollis on their first local Toys for Tots shopping trip of the year with Megan Broussard (middle) the Dollar General Store Manager .

A great morning was enjoyed last week when Sabine County Sheriff Tom Maddox, along with Scott Dyer of the Hemphill ISD Police Department treated 30 great kids to donuts in celebration for their exemplary behavior in school. Congratulations to each one of these outstanding students!