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It's time to put on your best Halloween costume, dust off your trick-or-treat basket and head out to ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý for the†26th†annual Scare Affair.

The event is from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.†19^th†on the plaza of the main ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý campus (located on FM 1735 near Chapel Hill ISD). There will be free candy for all trick-or-treaters, low-cost games for all ages, a costume contest with cash prizes and much more! A haunted house will be open until 10:30 p.m.

"Scare affair is ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý?s biggest community event of the year.

The early 1990?s saw the import of a new breed of goat to the U.S.†The Boer (the Angus Cattle of the goat industry), has quickly grown to become a viable option for small farmers in Texas to diversify their operations and become more sustainable.† Unfortunately, due to the newness of the industry and few sources for research-based information on care and handling of the meat goat breed, many producers that have invested their time and money into starting operations that have been anything but sustainable.

Recognizing this lack of readily-available information applicable to farms in Ea

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Agriculture Department will host its monthly Farmer's Market on Friday, Oct. 4. The event is from 9 a.m. to sell out at the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Ag Complex across 1735 from the main campus.

The Adult Education Department at ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý is offering free General Education Development (GED) classes at the Naples Civic Center at 412 W.L. Doc Dodson Blvd (Hwy. 67 W). Students interested in attending classes must enroll in a 12-hour orientation.†The GED exam is changing in January 2014. At that time, all students seeking a GED will be required to complete the entire new test.

¿ªÔÆÌåÓý will host a job fair on Tuesday, September 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Building (SUB) on the main ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý campus. The event is free to the public.†More than a dozen local and regional employers will be in attendance.

?We realize that the job market is†tough†right now. We are offering this fair as an opportunity for job seekers to get face time with area hiring managers,?

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The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Culinary Arts Program will host three special Buffet Nights on Thursdays this fall. These will be held †at the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Culinary Institute ("Our Place") in historic downtown Pittsburg and are open to the public.

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The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Art Department held an artist reception featuring local artist Skinny Trammell on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The Lone Star resident's hand-crafted musical instruments were a featured exhibit in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts foyer.†Skinny is 84 years old and fishes every day, makes musical instruments, and tells a few yarns now and then. The instruments on display at the Whatey include guitars, fiddles, ukuleles, and dobros.