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Brittany York (left) presents Kimberly Stone as the winner of two tickets last week to see “Asleep at the Wheel” in concert at the Music City Texas in Linden. Ms. Stone won the tickets after participating in The Pittsburg Gazette Facebook promotion.

On Saturday, Dec. 12 at the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Unit 225 luncheon and game in Tyler, Linda Harrison was presented an award for becoming ACBL Life Master and also an award for becoming a Bronze Life Master. “ is was a personal goal and required lots of work toward improving my duplicate bridge game and attending ACBL Sectional and Regional tournaments to meet the 300 point ACBL requirement, including 25 gold points, 50 silver and red points,” Mrs. Harrison said. “ e Bronze Life Master ACBL requirement is a LifeMaster with 500 points.”

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Date of birth: October 4, 1961

Full name : Kenneth Wayne Reeves

Connection to Pittsburg: Born and raised in Pittsburg

Family/relatives that live in Pittsburg: My mother, Edgie Reeves, still resides in Pittsburg and my father, eaotis Reeves, passed away in 1994.

Occupation/bio: I am currently the Chief Human Resources O cer for the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth (5 years). I have been in the human resources profession for approximately 23 years with companies such as RadioShack, Bell Helicopter, Enron, and Reliant Energy.

J. C. and Gale Jones are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on Dec. 24. They were married in 1975.Mr.and Mrs.Jones have one daughter,Michelle and her husband Larry; one son, Brock and his wife Dominique, all of Dallas.They also have three grandchildren, Layla, Savion and Saniyah.

Christmas is in the air at Pittsburg Intermediate School. Teachers Bejie Bradshaw, Tina Folden, and Terraysa Pearson held an “Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest” among their homerooms. Taking first place was Naila Navarro, right, and second place went to Jayden Shields, both are fifth graders.

10 years

• Sadie and Sydney Waldrep, the daughters of Ann and Terry Waldrep are all smiles on the front page with Santa Claus.

• Pittsburg High School graduates speak to various groups of high school students about setting goals and reaching them.

• Richard Heyduck, pastor of First United Methodist Church, teaches intro to philosophy at Northeast Texas Community College Hanson-Sewell Center.

• Asantewa La’Shell Jordan, a 1999 graduate of Pittsburg High School, received her master’s degree in social work from Texas A&M Commerce.

20 years

• Carl Shelton and Alan McCandless vie for the position of Camp County Sheri .

• Keterious Allen and Amra Glasco is Head Start’s Christmas king and queen.

• Lady Pirates bring home a trophy from the Hooks tournament. Carlenya Veasley is named to the All-Tournament team.

One day le before Christmas! Have you shopped til you dropped? New non- ction titles include: “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” By Elizabeth Gilbert; “Crippled America: How To Make America Great Again” By Donald Trump and many more. New ction titles include:”Depraved Heart” By Patricia Cornwell; “Foreign A airs” By Stuart Woods; “Host” By Robin Cook; and more to choose from.

By ELLIS KNOX reporter@campcountynow.com

The best of the best, often called the king of the meteor showers is in progress for the next several days. As many as 100 to 150 shooting stars will streak across the night sky every hour. The best time to catch a glimpse of one of these meteors is just after sunset looking towards the south, but can be seen all night. Unlike most meteor showers the Geminids are not particles of passing comets such as Halley’s, but are particles from an asteroid the 3200 Phaethon. The asteroid takes about 1.4 years to orbit around the Sun. The asteroid passes through the Earth’s orbit and leaves a trail of debris behind it.

David Hullett as George Bailey, listens as Aaron Franks as Clarence the Angel tries to convince him life is worth living in The Pittsburg High School and Choir presentation of the musical It’s a Wonderful Life, Thursday and Friday in the School Auditorium. It was directed by Ms. Sheila Hammond, stage production and by Ms. Karen Thomas,musical arrangements.