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Firefighters were called to a grass fire on County Road 3310, just off of Farm-to-Market Road 1519 on July 25. Firefighter Chris Osthoff said the fire burned through 36 acres, damaging two vehicles in the field, a shed and a truck. The fire spread across five different properties.

The Gordon Mattison American Legion Post 422, at its regular meeting July 22, awarded the “American Legion Boys State” medal to Grant Gooding. Grant represented Post 422 in Austin to learn how the governmental and legislative process works.

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The Pittsburg Independent School District will sell season tickets to the Pirate football games from the administration office starting Aug. 5 and will stop selling them on Aug. 20.
The same day tickets go on sale, the Pirates start to fire up for the 2013-2014 football season, with two-a-day practice.
According to a release from the athletics department, all practices will be Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon at the high school field.  
The Lady Pirates also start their volleyball season on Aug. 5, with practices from 8 a.m. to  noon at the Pittsburg High School gym.
The administration office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Previous season ticket holders will have until Aug. 20 to pick up their tickets. All tickets for the general public will be available starting on Aug. 21.
For further information, call Michelle Smith at the central office 903-856-3628. The office is located 402 Broach St.

By Susan Taft
staft@campcountynow.com

Thirty-three bundles of packaged marijuana, with a street value of approximately $43,000, were seized by Pittsburg police officers July 25.

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Synergy Fastpitch Softball took first place in the Waco Summer Heat GFP tournament on July 20 and 21.  Synergy went undefeated throughout the tournament and defeated Platinum from the Austin area in the championship game 5-2.  Pictured in the top row, from left, are KayLynn Larrison, Stonni Farmer, Kahriya Williams, Maddie Vestal, Denny Larrison, Madison Busch, Jayla Landrum and Mike Reynolds.  On the bottom row are, from left,  Kayla Hunter, Sydney Waldrep, Sydney Reynolds, Sadie Waldrep and Terry Waldrep.
 

Gazette Staff Report

Starting next week, with the Aug. 1 issue, the Pittsburg Gazette will cost 75 cents per copy if purchased from the newsstand.
“Many other weekly newspapers across the nation have already raised their price to 75 cents an issue,” Gazette Publisher Debbie Knox said. “We hate to follow their lead, but due to the rising costs in printing and paper costs it was inevitable.”
While single copy prices will increase in cost by one third, the subscription rates will remain the same, $27.50 per year for those living in Camp and surrounding counties.  In-state subscriptions are $38, and all out-of-state prices for a one-year subscription are $46.
The last time the Pittsburg Gazette’s rack sale price increased was in 1989, when it rose from 25 cents to 50 cents.

By Susan Taft
staft@campcountynow.com

There was no action item concerning the county’s proposed budget on the July 17 agenda, but it was the general consensus of the commissioners’ court that the only way to fund the proposed budget, without cutting services or personnel, is to increase taxes.

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By Susan Taft
staft@campcountynow.com

Superintendent Judy Pollan was rewarded for her hard work and dedication to the Pittsburg Independent School District. The board spent only 14 minutes in executive session at the July 15 meeting before coming back to vote 7-0 on a pay increase from $110,000 to $125,000 for the superintendent.

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Carson Bradshaw won third place in American skeet, class ‘C’ competition, at the 2013 Texas State 4H Shooting Sports Championships, held at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio July 16-20.  Over 900 4H students from all over Texas attended the shoot. He is a freshman at Pittsburg High School, and his parents are Richard and Connie Bradshaw.

Michael “Mike-D” Rush, on the front row, second from right, cuts the ribbon on his new business location, Mike-D Auto Sounds, at 419 S. Greer Blvd. Holding the ribbon are Mayor Shawn Kennington, left, and Cindy Leonard, the chamber president. Standing next to the mayor is Robert Peoples, the vice-president of the chamber. The ribbon cutting was held on July 20.