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Opportunity Enthusiasts: NTCC’s 23-24 Russell-Mowery, and Wesson Scholars

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Friday, November 24, 2023
When Americans delve into fiction, cops, and criminals, take center stage. Higher Education, with its semester-schedule routines, grade-melodrama, and plodding creep to graduation seems drab by contrast. But in terms of the American Dream, and individual wellbeing, much rides on higher education.
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How Do Plants Reproduce?

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Friday, November 24, 2023
That’s a great question! I’m so glad you asked! The short – and correct – answer is, “Lots of ways, because God planned plants to live.” The long answer is a graduate degree in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University, under their new dean, Dr. Amit Dhingra. We met Dr.
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Varroa Destructor

Tending God’s Lovely Creation
Friday, November 24, 2023
Public Enemy Number One for every beekeeper in America is the varroa destructor mite, or varroa for short. The mite jumped species from the Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) over to our Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera) in the 1960s and made its way to America in the late 1980s.
Raul Leija, Michelle Calderon—Director, Aubrey Watkins, Michael Rodriguez, Allen Herald and Hannah Goldblum. COURTESY PHOTO

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NTCC Honors film trailer released

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Friday, November 24, 2023
The trailer for the coming NTCC spring film on the Traveling Preachers of Early Texas is now in the public domain.

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Annual Taste of Mount Pleasant slated for Dec. 1

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Friday, November 24, 2023
The annual Taste of Mount Pleasant event will be held at Laura’s Cheesecake Dec. 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. In addition to the local food vendors and their offerings, the event will also host a live and silent auction. The event raises money for a different recipient each year.
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Christmas parade next week

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Friday, November 24, 2023
Mount Pleasant Rotary Club’s 32nd Annual Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “A Magical Disney Christmas.” Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place floats as well as for vehicles entered in this years parade.
MPJH members of the 2023 All-Region Band. 1st row (L to R) Isaac Diaz, Jose Olivares, Joshua Pantoja, Angela Ramirez, Nancy Gil, Drason McDaniel, and Evelyn Whisenhunt. 2nd row (L to R) Maria Beltran, Dylan Cigarroa, Jesus Mata, Angel Palacios, and Zachary Newman. 3rd row (L to R) Jose Lucio, Sondryce Wilder, Mario Hernandez, and Cullen Hunnicutt COURTESY PHOTO

MPJH members of the 2023 All-Region Band. 1st row (L to R) Isaac Diaz, Jose Olivares, Joshua Pantoja, Angela Ramirez, Nancy Gil, Drason McDaniel, and Evelyn Whisenhunt. 2nd row (L to R) Maria Beltran, Dylan Cigarroa, Jesus Mata, Angel Palacios, and Zachary Newman. 3rd row (L to R) Jose Lucio, Sondryce Wilder, Mario Hernandez, and Cullen Hunnicutt COURTESY PHOTO

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MPJH band students selected for Middle School All-Region Band

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Twenty-two Mount Pleasant Junior High School band students traveled to Sulphur Springs Middle School on Saturday, November 11 to audition for the TMEA Region IV MS/JH All-Region Band. Sixteen were selected for the All-Region Band, six in the Symphonic Band and ten in the Concert Band.
MPHS FBLA students attend Dallas Mavericks Business Marketing Day

MPHS FBLA students attend Dallas Mavericks Business Marketing Day

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MPHS FBLA students attend Dallas Mavericks Business Marketing Day

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Mount Pleasant High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter traveled to Dallas to participate in the Mavericks’ annual Business Marketing Day on Wednesday, November 8.
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