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Bald eagles build large nests in tall trees. Nests are roomy, often measuring six feet across and weighing several hundred pounds. Nests are typically made from sticks, then lined with leaves, grass and Spanish moss. Bald eagles believed to mate for life and may have can have one or more alternative nests within their territories. USFWS PHOTO/TOM KOERNER

America’s First Bird

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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Americas First Bird — the bald eagle — is making headlines across Texas again. The news isn’t good.
MPJH members of the 2022 All-Region Band. Row 1 (L to R): Lachlan Miles, Alfredo Santillan, Bryan Garcia, and Alba Zeqaj. Row 2 (L to R): Cielo Lopez, Odalys Mejia Beltran, Diana Ramirez, Ana’Liece Guerrero, and Heidi Martinez. Row 3 (L to R): Adriel Bagsic, Sebastian Contreras, Itzel Bello, Zachary Newman, and Sara Vanhoose. Row 4 (L to R): Isaiah Shepherd, Maria Beltran, Dalia Balderas, Jamaree Armour, and Kaleb Memije. Not Pictured: Lance Albin and Cindy Valle COURTESY PHOTO

MPJH band students selected for Middle School All-Region Band

News Staff
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Twenty-one Mount Pleasant Junior High School band students have qualified for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region IV Middle School All-Region Band, up from twelve last year. Twelve students earned chairs in the Symphonic Band and nine in the Concert Band. MPJH boasted four 1st chair placements including Jamaree Armour, Adriel Bagsic, Odalys Mejia, and Isaiah Shepherd. And for five students including Bagsic, Sebastian Contreras, Ana’Liece Guerrero, Mejia, and Alfredo Santillan, this would be the second year in a row for them to be selected for the All-Region band.
Pictured: Kent Sheldon and Makenzie Mayes COURTESY PHOTO

NTCC rodeo ends fall season

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Saturday, November 26, 2022
The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo Team headed South November 10th-12th for the Sam Houston State University Rodeo. This was the fifth and final Rodeo of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southern Region Fall season.
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Mount Pleasant Rotary Club celebrates 100 years

News Staff
Saturday, November 26, 2022
The Mount Pleasant Rotary Club celebrated its 100th year of service and dedication to the community last week, honoring a century of making Mount Pleasant a better place to live and call home. Since the club’s first days in 1921, where it first met at the Mt.
MPHS NHS members L to R: Cecilia Phan, Briana Gonzales, McKinsee Oviedo, Wendy Carrillo, Shirlyn Cardona, Luis Garcia, Camila Serrano, Perla Guzman, Natalie Crockett, Javier Vazquez COURTESY PHOTO

MPHS National Honor Society organizes food drive

News Staff
Saturday, November 26, 2022
The members of the National Honor Society (NHS) at Mount Pleasant High School held its annual food drive in October and November in conjunction with Communities in Schools (CIS). Students and their families brought canned, bagged, and boxed food items to this year’s NHS induction ceremony. In the end, MPHS NHS members were able to create forty boxes that were shared with families who have students at MPHS. Each of the families was given a box full of canned, boxed, and bagged goods including beans and rice, stuffing mix, flour, sugar, and a turkey donated by Pilgrim’s, their second year providing turkeys to the drive.
Kaycee Feild rides this bronc bareback in the 2020 NFR. He will be riding again this year, sponsored by Priefert. COURTESY PHOTO

Priefert set to make its mark on NFR

News Staff
Saturday, November 26, 2022
The National Finals Rodeo is just around the corner, running from December 1 through December 10. Priefert Manufacturing of Mount Pleasant is the Official Rodeo and Ranch equipment supplier of the PRCA which is the sanctioning body that hosts the NFR. The NFR is held at the Thomas and Mack Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Priefert Rodeo and Ranch team has 13 athletes competing this year for the NFR.
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