MPHS junior wins ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý drawing at Titus County Fair

Congratulations to Clayton Echerd (pictured with Alex Ortega) for winning the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý drawing for a Nexus 7 tablet at the Titus County Fair. Clayton is a junior at Mount Pleasant High School who plans to attend the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý culinary program after graduation. Many thanks to the students, faculty and staff members who helped out at the college fair booth.

 
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The Bronx Wanderers to perform at Whatley Center

The Bronx Wanderers are "One Part Oldies, Two Parts Rock N? Roll" and they are headed to northeast Texas to shake up the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts! The group will perform on the campus of ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý on†Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

The Bronx Wanderers are†the†?perfect musical storm?, effortlessly creating the perfect level of synergy between generations and the music, the family and the rockin? band that pulls it all together.
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Culinary Arts Buffet Oct. 3

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Culinary Arts Program will host the second of three special Buffet Nights this Thursday at the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Culinary Institute (?Our Place?) in historic downtown Pittsburg.

Dinners †are open to the public and will be held†from 6:00-7:30 p.m.†on October 3 and October 17. Seating is restaurant-style and to-go orders will be available by calling ahead to†903-434-8333†The cost is $10 per person.
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý hosts 26th annual Scare Affair

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.†19th†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.
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Wilson gives $10,000 to fund ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý scholarship

Mr. Gilbert Wilson (left), of Pittsburg, recently gave $10,000 to the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Foundation. Dr. Jonathan McCullough (right), ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Vice President for Advancement, is pictured receiving the donation. The gift will fund the Wilson Family Scholarship, which is named in memory of Mr. Wilson's parents. The perpetual scholarship will provide deserving ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý students with one $500 scholarship each year. To learn more about this or other scholarship opportunities at ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý, please contact Nita May, Director of Development, at 903-434-8113.

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New goat project added to ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Farm

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
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