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The Whatley Center at Northeast Texas Community College will host a concert by Travis LeDoyt, who has been called “the world’s best tribute to young Elvis,” Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for students and are available for purchase online at www.whatleycenter. com. The performance is sponsored by Texas Heritage National Bank.

LeDoyt gained his unofficial reputation as the best young Elvis because of his uncanny resemblance to The King – both in looks and in sound.

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By ELLIS KNOX
reporter@campcountynow.com

long term issue that the Pittsburg City Council and City Manager Clint Hardeman had wanted to correct was finally solved in 2015.

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By ELLIS KNOX
reporter@campcountynow.com

Pirate Swimmer Cole Kilburn, Cole is the son of Kim Koleburn-Knocke and Jeff Kilburn, has qualified for the State swim meet to be held at The University of Texas at Austin Swim Center, Friday, Feb. 16 and Saturday, Feb. 17. Cole competes in the 5A division, and their Semi-finals are to start at 10:00 am on Friday, with the finals to be held Saturday, at 9:30 am. Pittsburg does not actually have a swim team so Cole competes alone and represents his school.

Cole received two gold medals for the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 48.22 and the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 51.83, at the 4A-5A Regional Swim and Dive Championships hosted by the Lewisville Independent School District at the Westside Aquatic Center in Lewisville to qualify for the state meet.

Report from the Association of Texas Small School Bands and the Pirate Band

The Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) is pleased to announce the selection of the 2018 ATSSB All- State Band. More than 9,000 high school band students from across Texas auditioned in twenty-two different regions for a place in their respective all-region bands. The top chairs, numbering 2,288 students from each region advanced to one of the five area auditions held Jan. 13 across the state. Only 280 region qualifiers were selected for the all-state honors.

The ATSSB All-State Bands will meet in rehearsals in San Antonio, Feb. 14-17 and will present a concert beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, in the Lila Cockrell Theatre of the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in downtown San Antonio. The Pittsburg High School Band had two students make All-State Honors. Those students are Katlyn Holmes and Nayelly Enriquez.

By DEBBIE KNOX

B Gooding, president of Cypress Bank, announces that the Cypress Bank Board of Directors made a decision to award employees bonuses, citing the tax bill that was just signed into law, as the reason. Of the 60 employees of the bank, $1,000 bonuses will be given to each full-time employee and $500 for each part-time employee. Mr. Gooding also said the board voted to increase the bank’s 401K matching contribution from 3 to 5 percent, for each employee.

Mr. Gooding said the directors feel this is a positive way to invest in our employees.

“We expect to see benefits from the recent tax reform due to lower corporate tax rates and we want to give back to our employees, who we feel, are directly responsible for our success,” Mr. Gooding said, “We expect the actions taken by Congress and the President will have a positive impact on the growth throughout the communities we serve, as well as our country.”

By DEBBIE KNOX

Pittsburg has some new celebrities after the 2018 Pittsburg-Camp County Chamber of Commerce Awards last Thursday evening at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Taking top honors were: Rev. Patrick Lloyd, for being recognized as the Dr. P.A. Reitz Man of the Year; Ann Waldrep was announced as Drucilla Pruett Woman of the Year; and Randy Acker took home the Aubrey E. Pilgrim Agricultural Memorial Award.

Also recognized were Katrina Dodson for Educator of the Year; Anvil Brewery for Business of the Year; the organization “Camp County Christmas for Kids” as volunteers of the year and Sydney Waldrep was presented a $1,000 scholarship by incoming Chamber President James Wallace.

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