The Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band held Drum Major auditions on Saturday, April 23. Leading the band during the 2022-2023 school year are Head Drum Major Sebastian Campos with Assistant Drum Majors Manoa Bagsic and Shpat Zeqaj.

Monday, May 2 • MPHS AP Government exam, 8:00 a.m. • MPHS AP Spanish Literature exam, 12:00 p.m.

The Mount Pleasant High School Colorguard held auditions on Saturday, April 23. The new Colorguard team includes 52 members and seven officers. Leading the MPHS Colorguard during the 2022-2023 school year are Captain Katherine Phelan and Co-Captain Yasenia Paloblanco with Lieutenants Addison Heeren, Jillian Jetton, Kaira Leija, Jocelyn Marroquin, and Gracelyn McClendon.

Mount Pleasant High School senior cheerleaders Jordan Neal, Juliana Perez, and Anna Claire Wall have been chosen as cheerleaders for the 2022 Red River Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) All Star Showdown. The Red River FCA drafted two cheer squads, one from Texas and one from Arkansas, with 15-20 team members on each. Each cheerleader will participate in practice for the games and a cheer clinic for younger kids culminating with cheering at basketball and football games showcasing talented athletes in our area.

The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of HOSA: Future Health Professionals competed at the HOSA State Conference on April 19-22 at the Galveston Island Convention Center. MPHS students brought home state awards in Community Awareness and HOSA Happenings.

You missed my running down a hill and falling. At the top of the hill, I called out to this couple, and I lost my footing and tumbled into the grass. I dusted myself off and smiled at them. I was embarrassed, but okay.

The Community Events Calendar is published as space permits. Events will also be published on our website.

Arrests There are 155 inmates in jail with 125 males and 30 females. Since 04/28/2022 the following have been booked into the jail: • Christopher S.

The first week of May 2022 is National Small Business Week, according to the USA Small Business Administration. To celebrate, Mount Pleasant Economic Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of a $234,000 small business revolving loan fund.

If you want to provide educational opportunities for your children or grandchildren, you may want to consider investing in a 529 plan. In recent years, this plan has gotten more flexible, and potentially more powerful, than ever.