This year’s housing market is set to be just as competitive as in 2021. Home listings are down 60% compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. With fewer homes for sale and rumors of rising interest rates, houses are selling faster than ever.

Cypress Bank visited two local schools recently in an effort to share a course on money education. Representatives of the bank visited with 2nd graders from Harts Bluff in their first session, and then with 2nd graders at EC Brice in the MPISD.

“Harts Bluff families, in order to qualify to receive the P-EBT benefit for the 21-22 school year you must have an approved NSLP household meal application on file by April 29th 2022. Your child may receive free meals currently because of the Texas Department of Agriculture COVID-19 waivers but this does not necessarily mean that your child is eligible to receive free and reduced meals otherwise,” says the district.

Viviana DeCohen made a $500 donation to the Corprew P.E. department on Thursday, March 24, in memory of her daughter, Angelica Beard. Beard was a P.E. teacher at Corprew and coached track for Mount Pleasant High School. DeCohen plans on making 10 such donations in all. Thank you for your generosity and your support of Corprew and MPISD! COURTESY PHOTO

Cross Country Communications, based in Sulphur Springs, specializes in selling, servicing and maintaining digital and VoIP telephone systems. Over the past couple of decades, organizations large and small have come to rely on Cross Country products and services to solve their communications problems.

You may consider maintaining your lawn as a horrible summer time chore or you may enjoy working on improving your lawn. Turfgrass lawns are a great resource. They help prevent soil erosion, help with dust stabilization, enhance groundwater recharge, filter chemical pollutants, help with heat dissipation, noise abatement, produce oxygen and enhances your property value.

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