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March 12 Metropolitan MBC Choir Anniversary The Metropolitan MBC Choir Anniversary will be held Saturday, March 12, at 6 p.m. The address is 219 Clayton Street. Rev. Patrick Lloyd will officiate.

March 14 Caddy Trace Beekeepers Association Meeting The Caddo Trace Beekeepers Association will meet Monday March 14 at the Agri Life Building 1708 Industrial Rd, Mount Pleasant. Jesse Wright, Boggy Creek Honey Farm, will present a program on Raising Queens. The question and answer session starts at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m.. The meeting is open to the public. For more information call Jean Jeff 903-3809231.

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• A line of storms sweep through East Texas, and the duration of the rainfall was short, but heavy, according to Mark Frazier, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Thunderstorms, along with gusty winds, were the cause of many outages and minor damage across Camp County.

• Seven community members vie for school board. Sarah Johns and Steve Parker faced off for Place 3. The incumbent, Dr. Dan Kincaid, chose not to seek re-election. Dr. Mary McKinney, the incumbent in Place 4, drew an opponent in Bob Roe. Place 5 featured three candidates, Tim Nicholson and Bobby Richardson are challenged incumbent board member Neal Hinson.

• To begin work on Broach Park, commissioners voted to transfer $150,000 from one county account at Pilgrim Bank  to another account at the same bank. The transferred money will go into an account used for Broach Park projects.

Tracy nmn Galloway, 29, was arrested on 03/02/16, theft of property >1500<20K, city warrant x2.

Kendra nmn Sanchez, 21, was arrested on 03/02/16, no driver’s license warrant, failure to appear warrant.

Marques Levar Burns, 26, was arrested on 03/03/16, burglary of a habitation.

Angelia Sheppard, 34, was arrested on 03/03/16, assault with bodily injury, family violence.

Toni Jones (Sherman), 34, was arrested on 03/03/16, warrant x2, and hold for Polk Co.

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The Northeast Texas Community College Culinary Arts Programwill host a specialThursday Night Dinner onMarch 24. The dinner will be held at the NTCC Culinary School in historic downtown Pittsburg and is open to the public. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 14. Due to to high demand at previous events, the Culinary Arts Program has moved to a ticketed event rather than first-come-first-served. Tickets can be obtained at the NTCC Hanson-Sewell Center in Pittsburg, at the main NTCC campus from Charla Hunt in the Business Technology Building and at the NTCCCulinary Arts School. Both cash and checks are accepted for payment. Please call 903-434-8333 for more details. The cost is $12 per person and each diner must have have a ticket to be admitted to the event. Seating will be from 6:00-6:30 p.m.

The University of Texas at Tyler, in collaboration with the City of Tyler’s Sister Cities Program, is once again seeking female English-speaking college graduates to teach in Yachiyo, Japan, Dr. Teresa Kennedy, Office of International Programs executive director, announced. Teachers will be a part of Yachiyo’s Assistant Language Teacher Program. Preference is given to students with a bachelor’s degree in education, English or Asian studies. The salary is approximately $35,000 a year, plus low-cost housing. In addition, preference is given to UT Tyler graduates, but graduates from other four-year institutions will also be considered. While the contract technically is for a year only, the school district in Yachiyo would prefer applicants who are willing to commit to at least two years and allows teachers to stay as long as four years.

Peoples: ‘Turn negatives from past into positives for the future’

Photos & Article by SUSAN TAFT Contributor to The Pittsburg Gazette

Nina Johnson, the woman who started it all, was remembered at the annual Black History Program sponsored by the Museum Association. Mrs. Johnson died last year at the age of 97. The speaker for the Feb. 26 program, Rev. Patrick Lloyd, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, said he is thankful to Mrs. Johnson for starting the program. “She started it at a time when she said not many churches do anything as far as programs relating to Black History,” he said. “Sister Nina felt like more could be done to celebrate Black History and to share those wonderful stories. We’re thankful for the great legacy she leaves behind.” During his message about the history of black churches, Rev. Lloyd said through the many years of struggle and pain, African Americans knew their lives and souls mattered and that God had a place for them.

DECA held the state conference last Thursday and Friday in San Antonio with 4,000 plus students in attendance and Pittsburg High School produced five state finalists, Rachel Nelson, Shelby Roark, Kaine Alvarez, Claudia Garza and Tania Cedillo . PHS DECA was recognized as a top 25 chapter in Texas for membership recruitment. They also received awards from the national DECA for membership, community service and promotions. These campaign awards included six places to attend the rive Academy at the International DECA conference in Nashville.

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By ELLIS KNOX reporter@campcountynow.com (Brenda B. Davis contributed to this story)

The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was held the last weekend, and showcased the Junior Agricultural Mechanics Show. Agricultural teacher Willie Morgan and eight FFA students represented the Pirates at the show. There were 574 entries in the show, so the competition was fierce and chances of winning a blue ribbon are slim. Pittsburg FFA were all winners and won blue ribbons. As stated on the show’s website: “ The Junior Agricultural Mechanics Show focuses on Texas 4-H and FFA members’ expertise to design and construct agricultural mechanics projects and tractor restoration projects. A variety of projects are constructed by these talented exhibitors including livestock equipment, trailers, and agricultural machinery. As well, exhibitors may restore tractors that range from early 1900 era models to more modern tractors built in 1990.