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Emmanuel Baptist Church will have their annual Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway this coming Sunday, November 24th.

By Susan Taft
Special to The Pittsburg Gazette

By Lauren Shortnacy
lshortnacy@campcountynow.com

The votes for the legal sale of Beer and Wine for off-premises consumption within the city limits of the city of Pittsburg were canvased and passed Nov. 13. At 12:00 p.m. the City council of Pittsburg met and were all in favor for the canvassing of the votes in the recent special election that took place on Nov. 5. Businesses around the city will know have the opportunity to serve beer and wine within their stores after meeting the requirements.
Along with the beer and wine, the ammendments that were voted on Nov. 5 were also canvased with no one opposing.
Nov. 14 at 8:30 a.m. the Nov. 2013 Constitutuinal Ammendments that passed in the recent election were looked over within the Commissioners Court meeting. With none opposed, the Commissioners Court canvased the votes and adjourned the meeting.
 

The Pittsburg High School is sponsoring a 3K Turkey Trot Run Saturday Nov. 23. The run will take place at the park pavilion across from the high school at 8:30 a.m., there will be a 8:00 a.m. registration for the event.
 Application forms will be available at Cypress Bank, Guaranty Bond Bank and Pilgrim Bank. There is a $15 entry fee for this event.

The Pittsburg Pirates faced off against Wills Point in their first playoff game. The Pirates will face off again this week against Gilmer. For more information see Sports on page 6.

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Northeast Texas Community College recently held a reception to honor scholarship donors and recipients for the 2013-2014 school year. Students from the Pittsburg area who received scholarships are (from left): Luis Martinez, DARR Caterpillar Scholarship; Irian Ramirez, Joe and Marjorie Bernat Computer Science Scholarship; and Shelia Castro, Howard Lynn Cobb Veteran Scholarship. For more about these scholarships, offered through the NTCC Foundation, visit www.ntcc.edu/foundation or call 903-434-8115.

Northeast Texas Community College recently held a reception to honor scholarship donors and recipients for the 2013-2014 school year.

This kitty needs a home. After suffering from a gunshot to his hind leg, which shattered it so bad it had to be amputated. Dr. Dan Kincaid of Pittsburg Veterinarian Clinic neutered him and gave him his vaccinations.
He is one year old, has a sweet disposition and available for adoption at the Pittsburg Vet Clinic. Dr. Kincaid will also remove his stitches in two weeks. This kitty needs to be an inside house pet. He needs a happy home and a second chance. For more information call 903-856-6518.

Why are the honor rolls not being published in the paper? Kids work hard for this, and they should get some recognition for it.

“First of all I want to say the school district gets those honor rolls to us in a very timely manner and we appreciate their efforts. However, we’ve had some staffing changes lately at The Gazette which have hindered our ability to get them typed and proofed. We are working on a solution to this problem and hope we will get those kids’ names out there sooner than later. We totally agree the children work hard, the teachers work hard and it is our privilege to recognize them for a job well done,” said Publisher Debbie Knox.
(Please send your questions to “Answer Line,” 112 Quitman St., Pittsburg, TX 75686. You may fax the questions to 903-856-0510; or e-mail us at dknox@campcountynow.com)

The Pittsburg Independent School District Board of Trustees met for their regular November meeting Tuesday night. The annual audit report for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013 was the primary topic of discussion in the brief meeting.
 Arnold, Walker, Arnold and Company was the firm who acted as independent auditor for the school district.
The firm reported that the total net assets of the district are $27.65 million. Over the past year, the district’s total revenues exceeded expenses by $708,000.
 The auditors reported that expenses were slightly up from 2012, but by less than half of one percent. Total revenues were down $353,000. The drop was attributed to a significant decrease in state (down $239,000) and grant (down $258,000) revenue.  Tax income was higher than last year due to rising property valuations, making up for deficits in state and grant revenues.