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By ELLIS KNOX

The annual County Extension Service and the Texas Farm Bureau dinner was held Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. The Dinner is a joint venture of the County Extension and the Farm Bureau. There were around 100 in attendance.

Usually the county extension agent addresses the gathering, however since our agent has moved to another county, County Judge A. J. Mason was invited to speak to the assembly. He began his remarks with some anecdotes from his DPS trooper days. Then he got into the meat of his speech.

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By ELLIS KNOX

The School board presented awards to Coach Chris Styles and Transportation Secretary Holly Chapa for their quick and heroic efforts after the recent bus accident on Highway U.S. 271, Thursday, Oct. 17. Mrs. Judy Pollan the superintendent of Pittsburg ISD, praise both individuals for their cool and efficient handling of this emergency situation. See last week’s paper for the full story.

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The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College will host the Vienna Boys Choir on Monday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. One of the oldest boys choirs in the world, it was founded in 1498 and has since delighted audiences around the world with music new and old.

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By ELLIS KNOX

Aviation enthusiast and balloonist from Briton visited the Camp County Museum to specifically see the Ezekiel Airship. The couple, Andrew and Caroline Gibson, from Manchester, England. The Gibson’s are the former directors of The British Balloon Museum and Library in Milton Keynes, and members of the British Balloon and Airship Club, which has members throughout the United Kingdom. The British Balloon Museum and Library record information relating to all lighter than air events worldwide.

Milton Keynes, is just north of Bletchley, England. Bletchley is the home of the famous Bletchley Park, where the British codebreakers cracked the German military code in WW II. Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

By SUSAN TAFT

Christopher Joseph Daigre, 31, of Pittsburg was arrested in March 2016 and charged with possession of child pornography, a third degree felony.

“At that time, the Camp County Sheriff ’s Department assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the execution of two search warrants in the Thunderbird Point community,” Sheriff Alan Mc- Candless said. “The search warrants were executed at two different residences on unrelated cases.”

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The Pittsburg High School Pirate Band placed a “One” in its performance in the UIL Competition held in Mount Pleasant, Tuesday, Oct 17. The Band also received a One for the Drum Major, and a One for Percussion.

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