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Meeting planned to discuss proposed reservoir

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Publisher Organizations and individuals that are opposed to the proposed multi-billion dollar proposed reservoir in the Sulphur River basin will be holding a meeting to discuss things the everyday citizen can do to stop the lake’s construction. The meeting, hosted by Preserve Northeast Texas, is slated for Monday, October 10, at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center.

American Idol’s Kate Watson to perform at Titus County Fair

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Meet American Idol, Kate Watson! Kate Watson is a rising star on the country music scene. Proud of her Texas roots, she still calls it “home.” Kate’s music career may have officially started when she was 15 years old, but music has always been at the center of her life. As the daughter of Christian recording artist and worship leader, Jesse Watson, Kate’s first recording was a song her father wrote especially for her called, “Forever I’m Yours.” The recording appeared on Jesse’s album, What a Hope. Music is clearly in Kate’s blood. Her mother played drums in the church band and introduced Kate to both piano and music theory. The three still work closely together at Lone Star Cowboy Church in Montgomery, Texas, the largest cowboy church in the world and the spiritual home of several country recording artists, most notably, Cody Johnson and Jesse Raub, Jr. In fact, their church is where country recording star, Parker McCollum, first heard Kate sing. “She’s the real deal,” said McCollum. “She has the total package: the voice, the look, and the way she connects with people. I am looking forward to great things from her.”

Chapel Hill welcomes new kids in town

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Imagine being a junior high or high school student and your parents say, “Next year, you are going to a new school.” Maybe a job has changed, family needs developed or brand new opportunities are calling for the family to relocate. Changing schools can be hard. Changing schools as a teenager can be REALLY HARD. Chapel Hill ISD tried to go above and beyond to include, support and help all kids feel at home on The Hill. This year, Chapel Hill welcomed approximately 47 new faces to our family. All new junior high students and high school students were recently invited to new student luncheons hosted by “The Well,” a comprehensive system of support for academic wellness in grades 6-12 unique to Chapel Hill ISD.

Love in Action

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I had no idea he was someone I would come to admire. For you see, we had varying differences.

Are you Prepared? National Preparedness Month

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Titus County Extension Agent – Agriculture and Natural Resources The entire month of September observes National PreparednessMonth. Itdoesn’tmatterwhereyou live, you are subject to disasters.

City of Mount Pleasant Honors

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Mayor Tracy Craig, Sr. issued a Proclamation of Appreciation during the September 6 City Council meeting honoring Mrs. Mae Lois Tudman White for her extraordinary contributions to the community throughout 50 years of service to the Mount Pleasant Independent School District as an educator as well as a leader and participant on many educational committees and in numerous educational organizations.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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The Child Development Center in Mt. Pleasant is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year.

Troop 6101 Scouts earn high honors

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Troop 6101 had five scouts complete there Eagle Scout projects this summer. Four of the five were projects for MPISD schools. We had three scouts, Daniel Kimbrough, Caleb Miles, and Conley Johnson build Gaga pits for Annie Sims, Brice, and Corprew elementary schools. Cooper Rider cleaned and painted the basketball playground area at Annie Sims. The area included painting the basketball court lines, adding a chessboard, four square court, hopscotch, tic tac toe, and chalk drawing area. The fifth scout, Connor Scolaro completed a meditation prayer garden for his church, Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Pittsburg, TX. The combined projects totaled 60 plus hrs community Service. This year so far we have had five scouts who completed all the necessary requirements and have earned their Eagle rank, Connor Scolaro, Tyler Miles, Jacob Miles, Elijah Rider, and Cooper Rider. Tyler’s project was completed last summer and was building a Gaga pit for a Living Truth Fellowship. Elijah’s project was completed last summer and it was assembling an outdoor learning center for PE Wallace Middle School. These young men would like to thank the many sponsors for their donations to make these projects possible to include Home Depot, Annie Sims PIC, EC Brice PTO, Corprew PTO, The church’s youth group, McCoys, Norman Wilson, Mary Camp, Greg Shurbet Retired Engineer and Eagle Scout.

Area ag students gearing up for county fair

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Who’s ready for the Titus County Fair, let me tell you the kids that are going to be showing this year are going to give us a run for our money. This year Mount Pleasant FFA has a total of 58 students competing, Titus County 4H has 10 students competing and Chapel Hill FFA has a total of 114 students competing. Y’all this is crazy these students have been working extremely hard to make sure these animals are in their prime for this show by being out in this Texas Heat sweating like crazy, wanting to give up because it is so hot, but they have pushed through so that they can show us all that hard work does pay off.