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wwwTribNowcom 147th Year bull No 3 Mount Pleasant Texas Saturday January 9 2021 75cent
Cypress Bank1312 South Jefferson Mt Pleasant TX 75455
903-572-9856 wwwCypressBankTXcom
Supporting East Texas
Law Enforcement
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY
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Over 500000 doses distributed to providers across state
Governor Abbott announces emergency SNAP benefit extension
COURTESY PHOTO
Year in Review July-September
COURTESY PHOTO
See SNAP Page 2
By DI DUNCANeditortribnowcom
Governor Greg Abbott announced this week that the Texas Health and Human Services Com-mission (HHSC) will provide more than $200 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January as part of the statersquos response to the COVID-19 pandemic
SNAP recipients will also see an additional 15 percent increase in their total benefits in January due to recently passed federal legislation This will appear in SNAP recipientsrsquo accounts by Janu-ary 23 and continue until June
ldquoThank you to the US Department of Agricul-
By DI DUNCANeditortribnowcom
JulyGuests flocked to Camp Langston RV Resort to
celebrate Mount Pleasant - Titus County Chamber of Commercersquos annual event Happy Birthday USA
Rivercrest ISD announced changes to their fight song and mural to be more inclusive and commu-nity-oriented
COVID cases rise to 799Officials call for lsquoimmediate cooperationrsquo to stop
virus spreadDr Rodney Burrow was appointed to the Texas
Board of Criminal JusticeTRMC opened its new Family Care CenterA fatal accident just south of the Titus County line
killed four and injured four othersAfter a rise in coronavirus cases throughout the
state Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday afternoon a new mandate that would require most Texans to wear masks
45-year-old Billy Wardlow was executed at a Huntsville prison Wednesday night for the 1993 Ca-son robbery and murder of 82-year-old Carl Cole
Kyle Landrum was arrested and charged for mur-der after his wife 54-year-old Georgianna ldquoGigirdquo Stroman Landrum was found deceased inside a res-idence July 2
The Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District officially terminated their agreement with Blacklands Railroad and entered into an agreement with Freedom Rail Group
A boating accident that left one man deceased and two others injured was investigated by Texas game
wardens Titus Countyrsquos cumulative cases surpassed the
1000 mark with July 13 numbers hitting 1016A shooting that occurred on Lakewood Drive
leaving one man with a gunshot wound to the head was being investigated
The July 14 primary runoff election was held with two Democratic races and one local Republican
COURTESY PHOTO
By DI DUNCANeditortribnowcom
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shipped the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 950 healthcare providers in Texas in the last week These shipments included 167300 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Moderna and 37050 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and went directly to Texas providers
An additional 121875 doses of the Pfizer vac-cine went to staff and residents of long-term care facilities In addition to this the CDC has also de-livered 224250 second doses to the providers who received the vaccine the week of Dec 14 to com-
plete the series for the people that were vaccinat-ed in the first week of vaccine distribution After receiving these shipments of the second doses UT Health East Texas caregivers again rolled up their sleeves Tuesday to receive the second dose of the vaccine
ldquoThe second dose went just fine exactly the same as the first doserdquo said Gary Viljoen the first person to receive the vaccine on Dec 15 ldquoI would encourage everybody to come and get the vaccine once itrsquos available to them not just to pro-tect themselves but our community The quicker we can build up the so-called herd immunity we can potentially go back to some form of normalcy
See REVIEW Page 3
See VACCINES Page 2
Mount Pleasant Tribune
Local counties receive just hundreds
TxDOT Prepares for Winter Weather Sunday Night
The Texas Department of Transportation is issu-ing a warning to drivers in northeast Texas to be prepared for a wintry mix that could impact traf-fic Sunday evening and Monday morning Crews will be pre-treating roads for the next two days in preparation for the storm With temperatures ex-pected to drop near freezing or below icy weather could cause problems in areas for Monday morn-ing commuters
TxDOT crews will be working throughout the weekend and plan to continue de-icing and treat-ing roads overnight Sunday to reduce the impacts of freezing and refreezing Despite this work driv-ers are urged to use extreme caution because of the potential for black ice which appears as dry pave-ment Ice on bridges and overpasses will continue to be a concern in the impacted areas
Drivers are urged to follow these precautionsReduce speed Speed limits are based on normal
road and weather conditions not winter road con-ditions Do not use cruise control
Maintain at least three times the normal follow-ing distance on snow or ice
Watch carefully for personnel and equipment treating roadways and stay at least 200 feet back from road crews
Use extra caution on bridges ramps overpasses and shaded areas as they tend to freeze first
Carry extra warm coats gloves and boots in case you get stranded
If you start to slide ease off the gas pedal or brakes Steer into the direction of the skid un-til you feel you have regained traction and then straighten your vehicle
Motorists can obtain travel information by visit-ing drivetexasorg or calling (800) 452-9292 Road conditions and traffic updates are available on Facebook wwwfacebookcomtxdot and Twitter wwwtwittercomtxdot
Roads treated Drivers encouraged to
exercise caution remain informed
Page 2 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
NEWS
Crime amp Courts
Arrestsbull Treynolds Chad Lee 45
Of Mt Pleasant For Poss Cs Pg 1 gt= 1G lt 4G Poss Drug Paraphernalia And Abandon Endanger Child IntKnowReckCrim Neg
bull Hayes Devontaye Larell 17 Of Little Rock For Evad-ing Arrest Detention
bull Burton Olivia Opal Mi-chelle 21 Of Mt Pleasant For Burglary Of Habitation
bull Lyles Ryan Worth 33 Of Mt Pleasant For Terror-istic Threat Of FamilyHousehold
bull Desantiago Ernesto 40 Of Mt Pleasant For As-sault Against Elderly Or Disabled Individual And Criminal Trespass
bull Hines Shannon Germane 42 Of Mt Pleasant Bur-glary Of Habitation And Invasive Visual Recording
And Photographybull Ellis Shannon Lee 50 Of
Cookville For Viol State Atty Filed Protective Order Iat
bull Jones Johnnie 37 Of Mt Pleasant For Resist Arrest Search Or Transp And As-sault Fv
bull Ware Patricia Of Talco For Driving While Intoxi-cated 3Rd Or More
bull Hay Hannah 27 Of Tal-hina Ok For Poss Cs Pg 2 lt 1G And Poss Drug Para (Time Served)
bull Wright Terry Lynn 47 Of Mt Pleasant For Wrt-Poss Cs Pg 1 gt= 1G lt 4G
bull Lebeau Brandon Ed-ward 29 Of Talco For Parole Violation-Agg Rob-(Illinois) Bs-Theft Prop gt=$2500lt$30K(La-mar Co) Bs-Assault FamHouse Mem Im-pede BreathCircula And Bs-Criminal Trespass
Titus Regional Medical Center reaches maximum capacityBy DI DUNCAN
editortribnowcom
TRMC reported this week that they are now at maximum capacity with 24 COVID patients This is the highest number of COVID hospitaliza-tions since the pandemic struck All ICU COVID patients have been moved out of traditional ICU to other intensive care-capable rooms The third floor has been de-voted entirely to COVID patients The ER is hold-ing some COVID pa-tients to help ease load on the floor and ICU Transfers to other hos-pitals are reportedly very difficult if even possible for COVID patients ac-
cording to Titus County Judge Brian Lee
ldquoMr Scoggin reports that COVID patients at TRMC have gotten sick-er in the last 2 weeks None of these stats in-dicate that anything has improved recently We are obligated to back off to 50 occupancy in non exempted business-es This includes retail and restaurants Elective surgeries have been lim-itedrdquo said Lee
ldquoWe must get this COVID patient percent-age back down below 15 percent To do this we must adhere to prac-tices to stop the spread You know what it takes Quarantine masking distancing and avoiding
social gatherings are the things we have come to hate but until the vac-cine can do its job these are our best forms of de-fenserdquo Lee said
Leersquos encouragement to practice mask-wear-ing is not merely a re-quest but a state order In addition to GA-32 executive order GA-28 requiring masks to be worn in all public set-tings remains in effect According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention masks are very effective in the reduction of virus-laden respiratory droplets be-ing transferred from per-son to person especially in the case of asymptom-atic or presymptomatic
infected wearers who feel well and may be unaware of their infectiousness to others The CDC states that asymptomatic and presymptomatic citizens who do not practice proper mask-wearing are estimated to account for more than 50 of virus transmissions
The CDC also says that cloth masks not only effectively block most large droplets but they can also block fine drop-lets and particles which increase in number with volume and types of speech Multi-layer cloth masks can both block up to 50-70 of these fine droplets and particles and limit the forward spread of those that are
not captured Upwards of 80 blockage has been achieved in human experiments that have measured blocking of all respiratory droplets with cloth masks in some studies performing on par with surgical masks as barriers for source control Fewer droplets transmitted from per-son to person equates to a lessened spread of COVID-19 and a lower chance of required hos-pitalization
ldquoI hope that you will all recognize the serious-ness of an overcrowd-ed hospital that cannot transfer patients to larg-er facilitiesrdquo said Lee ldquoWhile a large majority can recuperate at home
with minor symptoms we must commit to help-ing reduce the current hospital population in order to properly treat those dealing with the harsh symptoms and to ensure there is care avail-able for non-COVID emergencies as wellrdquo
Lee urges locals to take the necessary steps to protect yourself and others around you ldquoRe-member that many with COVID will assume they are not infected because their symptoms are so minimal and so similar to typical seasonal ill-nesses Watch for fever chills loss of tastesmell stomachdigestion prob-lems cough headache body achesrdquo he said
and I think everybody would like that very muchrdquoUT Healthrsquos Dr Bola Olusola said that as a phy-
sician he believes in setting a good example for his patients and the community by taking the vaccine
ldquoIf I want to talk to my patients that they should get the vaccine I think I should be able to say lsquoYes I think you should get it Irsquove already gotten itrsquordquo Olusola said ldquoI think most people have more con-fidence when yoursquore preaching the gospel that you believe itrdquo
Though so many vaccines were distributed across
Vaccines Continued from page 1 the state local pharmacies and healthcare systems received only hundreds Titus County received 300 which were split between Super 1 Pharmacy Thur-manrsquos Pro-Med Pharmacy and Walgreens Morris County received only 100 doses which went to Brookshirersquos Pharmacy in Daingerfield
Franklin County was given 200 doses to be split between the Franklin County Rural Health Clinic and Brookshirersquos Pharmacy Upshur County re-ceived 300 doses all of which went to Divine Grace Pharmacy in Diana Bowie County was given 200 doses half of which went to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice while the other half went to the Texarkana-Bowie Family Health Center
More vaccines are said to be arriving in Northeast Texas counties in the coming weeks as DSHS and HHSC continue their vaccine rollout plan Admin-istration of vaccines will still be prioritized with se-niors and those with pre-existing health conditions coming first
Until the entire population can be immunized and cases become manageable local physicians urge local residents to continue to do the things that have been recommended since the beginning of the pandemic wearing masks washing hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings These actions have all been shown to slow the spread of COVID-19
ture for extending these benefits and increasing the amount of benefits that Texas families will receiverdquo said Governor Abbott ldquoThese emergency SNAP benefits continue to help put food on the table for many Texas families throughout the COVID-19 pan-demicrdquo
ldquoAs we continue through the new year these ben-efits offer nutritious food to those who need it most
SNAP Continued from page 1
especially in these trying timesrdquo said Texas HHS Ac-cess and Eligibility Services Deputy Executive Com-missioner Wayne Salter
Texas received approval from the US Department of Agriculture to extend the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on the size of their families
To apply for benefits including SNAP and Medic-aid visit YourTexasBenefitscom or use the Your Tex-as Benefits mobile app which is available to Android and iOS users
TribNowcomMount Pleasantrsquos 1
News amp Information Source
County subject to business healthcare restrictions as COVID hospitalizations rise
By DI DUNCANeditortribnowcom
The Texas Department of State Health Services has divided the state into Trauma Service Areas (TSAs) for the purpose of monitoring COVID case counts and implementing executive orders from the office of Governor Abbott regionally
Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-32 to reopen certain venues to 75 capacity and allow the resumption of elective surgeries in certain counties in October Counties within TSAs with high COVID-19 hospitalizations are now forced to regress to the terms set by the Governor before this order advanced the reopening of the state
This means that no elective procedures will be performed at the service arearsquos hospitals In addi-tion bars in the area must close while restaurants and businesses can remain open but at 50 percent capacity
Titus County lies within TSA F along with Bowie Cass Delta Hopkins Lamar Morris and Red River Counties As of Sunday TSA-F is classified as hav-ing high hospitalization rates
High hospitalizations in a Trauma Service Area are defined as having seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized pa-tients as a percentage of total hospital capacity ex-ceeds 15 percent The area is considered high hospi-talization until the Trauma Service Area has seven consecutive days with the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients sitting at 15 percent or less
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 3
COMMUNITY
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202 S Van Buren Mount Pleasant Texas 75456
Phone 1-903-572-1705 bull Fax 1-903-572-6026
Website tribnowcom
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Updated Property Tax Information Now
Available for Texas TaxpayersTitus County mdash New and updated property tax information has just been compiled by Titus County Appraisal District and is available now to assist taxpayers This property tax information is current and covers a wide range of topics such as tax-payer remedies exemptions and appraisals and has information for select groups such as disabled veterans and persons age 65 or older
ldquoIt is important for all taxpayers (homeowners business owners disabled veteran etc) to know your rights concerning property tax lawsrdquo said Shirley Dickerson Chief Appraiser of the Titus County Appraisal District ldquoYou can contact us about any property tax issues with full confidence that we will provide you the most com-plete accurate and up-to-date available information to assist yourdquo
This includes information about the following programs
bull Property Tax Exemptions for Disabled Veterans - The law provides partial exemptions for any property owned by disabled veterans or surviving spouses and surviving children of deceased disabled veterans Another partial exemption is for homesteads donated to disabled veterans by charitable organizations at no cost or not more than 50 percent of the good faith estimate of the homesteadrsquos market val-ue to the disabled veterans and their surviving spouses The exemption amount is determined according to percentage of service-connected disability The law also provides a 100 percent homestead exemption for 100 percent service-connect-ed disabled veterans and their surviving spouses and surviving spouses of US armed service members killed in action
bull Property Tax Exemptions ndash Non-profit organizations that meet statutory require-ments may seek property tax exemptions and must apply to their county appraisal district by a specific date Businesses that qualify may receive tax abatements if granted by taxing units ship inventory out of Texas store certain goods in transit in warehouses that are moved within 175 days may be eligible for the freeport exemption construct install or acquire pollution control property own and operate energy storage systems convert landfill-generated gas or store offshore drilling equipment while not in use may also be eligible for statutory exemptions
bull Rendering Taxable Property - If a business owns tangible personal property that is used to produce income the business must file a rendition with its local county appraisal district by a specified date Personal property includes inventory and equipment used by a business Owners do not have to render exempt property such as church property or an agriculture producerrsquos equipment used for farming
bull Appraisal Notices ndash Normally taxpayers receive a notice of appraised value from the Titus county appraisal district The city county school districts and other local taxing units will use the appraisal districtrsquos value to set property taxes for the coming year
bull Property Taxpayer Remedies ndash This Comptroller publication explains in detail how to protest a property appraisal what issues the county appraisal review board (ARB) can consider and what to expect during a protest hearing The publication also discusses the options of taking a taxpayerrsquos case to district court the State Office of Administrative Hearings or binding arbitration if the taxpayer is dissatisfied with the outcome of the ARB hearing
bull Homestead Exemptions ndash A homestead is generally defined as the home and land used as the ownerrsquos principal residence on Jan 1 of the tax year A home-stead exemption reduces the appraised value of the home and as a result lowers property taxes Applications are submitted to the Titus county appraisal district NOTE- Applications for homestead exemptions are free and available online or in our office
bull Productivity Appraisal ndash Property owners who use land for timberland produc-tion agricultural purposes or wildlife management can be granted property tax re-lief on their land They may apply to Titus county appraisal district for an agricultural appraisal which may result in a lower appraisal of the land based on production versus market value NOTE- These applications are free and available online or in our office
bull Residence Homestead Tax Deferral - Texas homeowners may postpone pay-ing the currently delinquent property taxes due on the appreciating value of their homes by filing a tax deferral affidavit at the appraisal district This tax relief allows homeowners to pay the property taxes on 105 percent of the preceding yearrsquos ap-praised value of their homestead plus the taxes on any new improvements to the homestead The remaining taxes are postponed but not cancelled with interest accruing at 8 percent per year
bull Property Tax Deferral for Persons Age 65 or Older or Disabled or Disabled Veteran Homeowners ndash Texans who are age 65 or older or disabled as defined by law or who qualify for a disabled veteran exemption may postpone paying cur-rent and delinquent property taxes on their homes by signing a tax deferral affida-vit Once the affidavit is on file taxes are deferred but not cancelled as long as the owner continues to own and live in the home Interest continues to accrue at 5 percent per year on the unpaid taxes You may obtain a deferral affidavit at the appraisal district
bull Notice of Availability of Electronic Communication ndash In appraisal districts located in counties with a population of more than 200000 or that have autho-rized electronic communications and that have implemented a system that allows such communications chief appraisers and ARBs may communicate electronically through email or other media with property owners or their designated represen-tatives Written agreements are required for notices and other documents to be delivered electronically instead of mailing NOTE- Titus County does not qualify for the availability of electronic communication
bull Protesting Property Appraisal Values ndash Property owners who disagree with the appraisal districtrsquos appraisal of their property for local taxes or for any other action that adversely affects them may protest their property value to the appraisal districtrsquos ARB
For more information about these programs go by the Titus County Appraisal District at 2404 W Ferguson Road Mount Pleasant or write to PO Box 528 Mount Pleasant TX 75456 Titus County Appraisal Districtrsquos web site which has additional information can be located at wwwtitus-cadorg Information is also available on the Comptrollerrsquos Property Tax Assistance Divisionrsquos website at comptrollertexasgovtaxesproperty-tax
Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association held their Cowboy Ball
Northeast Texas Community College announced that due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the area and in accordance with Governor Greg Abbottrsquos latest orders the in-person summer graduation originally scheduled for August 14 was canceled
A Walmart altercation led to a weapon being drawn by a local woman
Texas Education Agency announced guidelines for the new school year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19
Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer Juan Hernandez Officer Angel Mendoza and Sergeant Bryan Denney were each presented the Life Saving Award by Interim Police Chief Kyle Holcomb in recognition of their heroic efforts to render aid to a resident who would have bled to death without their quick thinking and professional training
UIL set new guidelines for fall extracurricular activities
Review Continued from page 1
Titus County COVID-19 cases reached 1165A local man perished in a house fire on Alexander RoadTexas AampM discovered that COVID can infect petsThe Texas Education Agency decided that the STAAR test would not determine
promotion or retention of fifth and eighth-gradersAugustAllegations of sexual harassment were made against City Manager Ed Thatcher
The complainant was terminated from her position with the CityTRMC CEO Terry Scoggin described the healthcare networkrsquos COVID treat-
ment and proceduresThe City of Mount Pleasant was sued by former City Manager Mike AhrensThe City of Mount Pleasant hired Mark Buhman as the new Police ChiefA one-year-old boy was tragically killed when his father accidentally struck him
with a vehicleHarts Bluff announced their plans for a new early college high school in partner-
ship with NTCCLee Gonzales 33 of Mount Pleasant and Santa Guadalupe Lozada 34 of Mount
Pleasant were arrested for unauthorized use of vehicle engaging in organized criminal activity and a Camp County warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity Gonzales was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a Texas parole warrant
Pat Fallon took the congressional district 4 nomination in a landslide voteIn a letter from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commissionrsquos executive director
released on August 10 the organization stated that bars that have previously been forced to close due to COVID-19 had reopening options
The father of a fatal accident victim sought additional safety measures on US 271
The City of Mount Pleasant welcomed John Ankrum as the new Building Offi-cial
A one-vehicle accident turned fatal when the car was submerged in water off of I-30
Demolition began on the Hideout buildingPlans were made to dedicate Forest Lawn Cemetery to Ricky and Kelly BakerThe City of Mount Pleasant announced that an application would be submitted
for the Texas Capital Fund Main Street Program through the Texas Department of Agriculture for a grant amounting to $500000
The Tribune welcomed their new editorA newly purchased Lincoln pick-up truck collided with the front wall of Brook-
shirersquos on Ferguson RoadTitus County Judge Brian Lee announced that the free COVID testing would
continueA strike team that included UT Health East Texas EMS crews departed to help in
the wake of storms that could hit the Texas Gulf CoastThe proposed budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year was released by the City of
Mount Pleasant The MPISD Board of Trustees voted to reduce the tax rate from $134 to $12917
for the coming year a reduction of $0483SeptemberMount Pleasant High School advanced senior art student Mya Clark designed
and painted barrels to be used in the 2020 MPRA RodeoA 55-year-old Titus County Texas man and a 54-year-old federal inmate plead-
ed guilty to a bribery conspiracyThe countyrsquos COVID death toll reached 25Rodolfo Javier Falcon 36 of Titus County Texas pleaded guilty to conspiring to
distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug proceeds Jose Armando Rosales-Bernal 27 of Dallas County Texas pleaded guilty to con-spiring to distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $4 million in drug proceeds
Fire Chief Larry McRae led a strike team in California to fight the catastrophic fires raging in the area
The Ovarian Cancer Awareness Benefit raised $5500The announcement of Municipal Judge Jerry Wessonrsquos retirement was made and
the City Council swore in former Titus County Justice of the Peace Kay McNutt as the new Municipal Judge
Governor Abbott announced expanded business reopeningsOn September 21 a dedication ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in
honor of Ricky and Kelly BakerAt a special meeting of the Titus County Commissioners Court held on Sep-
tember 21 commissioners adopted a new Titus County tax rate lowering it from 4742 to 4679
The annual Women in Business Luncheon was held Sept 23 with Tammy White-hurst performing a motivational speech
Pilgrimrsquos invested $15 million in Mt Pleasant to support the local community as part of new Hometown Strong initiative
Sweet Shop USA received a special honor from the US Surgeon General and the Deputy of Health and Human Services for their work in making masks
The Strides for Blue 122 event kicked off in Mount Pleasant
Page 4 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
ObituariesINGRAM
Services for Rachel Marie Ingram 45 of Hughes Springs were 1100 am Monday January 4 2021 at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Bradfield Chapel in Daingerfield under the direction of Reed-er-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs
Ms Ingram was born September 2 1975 and passed away December 30 2020 and was a member of the US Navy
There will be a time of visitation Sunday evening from 500 until 700 pm at the funeral home
CHAFFINServices for Gaybe Chaffin will be 200 pm Tuesday
January 5 2021at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Veal Switch Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home of Hughes Springs There will be a time of visitation from 600 pm until 800 pm Monday evening at the funeral home
Gabye Chaffin was born March 23 1942 and passed away December 31 2020 in Longview
McNUTTJohnny Floyd McNutt 64 passed away on Decem-
ber 29 2020 in Gilmer TX He was born on June 12 1956 in Pittsburg TX to Floyd McNutt and Ruth Chance McNutt
He is survived by his loving wife Juli McNutt sons Brian McNutt Dylan McNutt and Jared McNutt daughter and son-in-law Maren McNutt and Aaron Nicholson 4 grandchildren Andrew Nicholson Ian Nicholson Lucy Nicholson and Abby Durrant sister Martha Bullard
Johnny was preceded in death by his loving parents and sister Nancy Hall
A memorial service will be held at a later dateMemorial donations can be made to the Alzheimerrsquos
Association
TRAYLORTwana Jean Traylor 51
a resident of Mt Pleasant Texas died Monday De-cember 28 2020 in Mt Pleasant Private Grave-side Service (immediate family only) Friday Janu-ary 8 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direction of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born February 5 1969 in Mt Pleasant Texas
There will be no public viewing Private viewing with the family only Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymortuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice so-cial distancing at all locations
DAVILAArthur C Davila Jr age
71 of Scroggins Texas passed away on Thursday December 31 2020 in Mt Pleasant Texas
The family will receive friends and family on Tuesday January 5 2021 from 500 ndash 700 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Funeral Service will be on Wednesday January 6 2021 at 200 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Pastor Franklin String-ham Sr and Franklin Stringham Jr will be officiat-ing Interment will be at Mount Vernon City Ceme-tery
Arthur was born on July 9 1949 to Arturo and To-masa (Covos) Davila in Hargill Texas He married Juanita Lozano on November 9 1976 in Levelland Texas Arthur was a veteran serving in the United States Army in Vietnam He worked as a lead mainte-nance supervisor at Pilgrims Pride He was a member of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Agapito Davila and Juan Davila
Arthur is survived by his wife of 44 years Juanita Davila of Scroggins Texas sons Tomas Davila of San Diego California David Davila of Mount Vernon Texas and John Davila of Pittsburg Texas daughter Yasmine Davila of Scroggins Texas 4 grandchildren Kaleb Kelsey Kylee Sadie Davila 1 great grandchild Hazleigh Davila sisters Hope Cantu Janie Riggs Minga Romero Lola Olvera Irma Davila Leticia Davila and Carmen Garcia brothers Starky Davila Camilo Davila and Eppy Davila
Online condolences can be made at wwwsamhar-veyfuneralhomecom
Services entrusted to Sam B Harvey Funeral Home
KIDWELLOscar George Kidwell 88 of Mount Pleasant passed
away on January 4 2021 He was born on June 18 1932 in Mount Pleasant to RO ldquoBobrdquo Kidwell and Evie Garretson Kidwell
He was a member of First Baptist Church Cookville and was a veteran of the United States Air Force
George is survived by his loving wife Lois Taylor Kidwell of Mount Pleasant son and daughter-in-law Larry and Mechele Kidwell of Cheyenne Wyoming son and daughter-in-law Terry and Linda Kidwell of Magnolia son and spouse Rickey and Jerri Cannon of Sandia step son and spouse Jerry and Joyce Cook
of Mount Pleasant step son Jeff Seaton of Cookville step daughter and spouse Brenda and Pat Howard of Daingerfield step daughter and spouse Connie and Jimmy McCollum of Mount Pleasant grandchildren Emily Kidwell Michelle and Chatham Clary Trisha Christian Cheryl and Shelton Eubanks numerous great grandchildren numerous nieces and nephews and brother and sister-in-law Roger and Betty Kidwell of Pittsburg
He was preceded in death by his first wife Lorene Ballard Kidwell sisters Elaine Coe Billie Cason Betty Moon and Winnie Cochran and brothers Bill Kid-well and RL Kidwell
A service will be held on Thursday January 7 2021 at 200 PM at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home A visitation will be held from 100 PM to 200 PM on Thursday January 7 2021 at the funeral home
Memorial donations may be made to Chambers Home Health and Hospice or to the First Baptist Church Cookville
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
GIBSONMary Lou Madison Gibson 92 passed away in Mt
Pleasant on January 5 2021 She was born on Octo-ber 8 1928 to Charley and Annie Wright Madison Mary was a member of Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church
Survived by sons John Madison ldquoMatrdquo Gibson (Ludy) of Mt Pleasant Jerry Wayne Gibson (Deb-bie) of Mt Pleasant Charles Henry Gibson (Sonja) of Jacksonville AR Thomas Glyn Gibson of Cookville Daughters Janis Lea Sparks Linda Lou Kelley Anna Marie Henderson (Darrell) of Cookville Grandchil-dren Kenneth David Sparks Jr (Ashley) Diane Phipps (Brad) Samantha Lea Ferrell (Layton) Katie Sparks Christina Gibson Krista Shackelford (Ronnie) Bob-by Dean Smith Heather Michelle Sears (Kary) Jami Renea Kelley Robert Sharp Jennifer Marie McCollum (Wesley) Jeffery Wayne Gibson (Hollie) Jessica Ma-rie Hanna (Joe) Matasha Ross (Jose) Dusti Sanders (Tony) Mitch Gibson and Anissa Vissering John Le-land ldquoLeerdquo Gibson Wendi Sue Gibson Stephen Todd Belk (Tiffany) Lorne Key Adams Stephanie Valenzu-ela 29 Great Grandchildren 7 Great-great grandchil-dren and counting
Preceded in death by parents husband John E Gibson sons Walter Carl Gibson Bobby Dean Gib-son Son-in-laws Kenneth David Sparks Sr James Ray Kelley granddaughter Kathey Ann Kelley Sharp grandson Clayton Cameron
Funeral service will be at 200 PM on Saturday Janu-ary 9 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Chapel Family will receive friends one-hour prior service from 1-2 PM Bro Shawn Findley will officiate with burial following at Lone Star Cemetery
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
HOLMESDoris Gean Holmes 75 a resident of Mt Pleasant
Texas died Wednesday January 6 2021 in Mt Pleas-ant Private Graveside Service (immediate family only) Saturday January 9 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direc-tion of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born October 26 1945 in Mt Pleasant Texas
Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymor-tuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice social distancing at all locations
CAMERONRichard Loyd Cameron was born to Howard A and
Annie Loura Gibbs Cameron on October 11 1929 in Argo Texas His father died when he was 2 years old and brother 4 years old His mother married a wid-ower Jim Bell when they were 6 and 8 acquiring a 7-year-old brother On his 16th birthday his parents were blessed with a baby Now these older brothers had a baby brother Jerry They were raised in a Chris-tian home attending Bethel Church of Christ
Loyd as he was known to family and friends went to work at an early age as a well as the brothers for vari-ous jobs At 15 years of age he took his first construc-tion job for Brown amp Root in Dumas Texas Saving his salary for the coming senior year After graduating from High school in 1947 later joining the US Air Force serving 3 years He had many memories of this time in Saudi Arabia He made many slides that his family have enjoyed for years He married Janice Ter-rell on July 2 1955 They followed pipeline construc-tion work for three years and Janice wanted to move home to Argo After moving back he went to work for the Postal Service Loyd was known to always be ready to help his family and neighbors He was a mem-ber of Church of Christ and attending services at Argo Missionary Baptist with his family and friends Loved being a descendant of Archie Cameron
After retirement from the US Postal Service (30 + years) he and Janice enjoyed traveling across US in their motorhome attending rallyrsquos and visiting friends and family Loyd was an avid fisherman which he en-joyed immensely Everyone would ask him when and where are the fish biting
He was so good with grandkids Many trips were made to camping at the lake The whole day was spent pulling the kids on tubes as long as they wanted Many lessons were learned as they set with fishing pole in
hand They all loved and respected their grandpaSurvived by his wife Janice of 65 years Sons Den-
nis Cameron (Kim) of Mt Pleasant Howard Camer-on (Mitzi) of Mt Pleasant daughter Regina Blythe of Rockwall grandchildren Amy Caddell Dennis Cameron Jr Elizabeth Pullen (James Chelsy Carwile (Justin) Katelyn Johnson (Eric) 9 great granddaugh-ters 1 great grandson and 2 step grandchildren Bran-don Blythe (Melissa) Christie Cheek (David) and their families brothers HE Cameron Jerry Bell numer-ous nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents Howard Cameron Jim and Annie Bell stepbrothers James Bell Paul Bell brother-in-law John Marion Terrell sister-in-law Glenda Terrell son-in-law Ben Blythe
Funeral service will be 200 PM Sunday January 10 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home with Bro Randal Crawley officiating Burial will follow at Liber-ty Hill Cemetery
Memorial donations in memory of Richard Loyd Cameron may be made to Liberty Hill Cemetery
We are committed to follow the guidelines provid-ed by CDC The Cameron family respectfully requests that anyone attending service please wear a face mask for the safety of all attendance
Online registry is now available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
THOMPSONCynthia Gandy Thomp-
son passed in peace at the age of 84 on January 4 2021 in Rockport Texas She had suffered a stroke in mid-December 2020
She was born June 9 1936 in rural Northeast Texas Franklin County to R B and Dahlia Gan-dy Along with her par-ents and 3 brothers she helped on the family farm during the depression years picking cotton canning vegetables and raising farm animals She married young had 2 children David Thompson of Austin and Donna Thompson Broach of Rockport while gradual-ly obtaining her GED Bachelor and Masterrsquos degrees and CPA certification She worked in the accounting field for over 50 years before retiring to Rockport her ldquoParadiserdquo as she called it where she enjoyed the salt air and walks on the beach Education was highly val-ued and she was greatly supportive to her children and grandchildren as they all are college graduates some with advanced degrees Her hobbies through the years included water skiing and camping with her children snow skiing and international travel with her grand-children and keeping a lovely home and garden that all felt welcome to visit She was a die-hard football fan especially high school and college games
The greatest commitment during her adult years was to her church community She was a lifelong Baptist until moving to Rockport where she found fellowship and became a member of the First United Methodist Church She was active as a Sunday School and VBS teacher church greeter and volunteer at the com-munity thrift shop Castaways until health concerns limited her ability to participate Daily she would get in her ldquoprayer closetrdquo to pray for family and friends Throughout the years she made many wonderful friendships through her church family who she valued greatly
She was preceded in death by her parents broth-ers RB Jr and Robert Jackson Gandy She is sur-vived by her brother Winfred Gandy (Jeanette) of Edna TX Her children David Thompson of Austin Donna Broach (Micki) of Rockport Grandchildren Josh Broach (Jaton) Ryan Thompson (Robin) Sarah Broach Sturm (Anthony) Lauren Thompson Madden (Wales) and Marshall Thompson (Meagan) She also had greatgrands which were the light of her life She was deeply loved and will be missed as our mom Ma-moiMemoi and Mamo
Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate Proverbs 3131
A private celebration of her life will be scheduled at a later date Donations may be made in her name to First United Methodist Church childrenrsquos ministry at 801 E Main St Rockport Texas 78382 or a charity of your choice
Online condolences may be left at wwwcharliemar-shallfuneralhomescom Arrangements entrusted to
Charlie Marshall Funeral Home814 E Main Rockport Texas 78382 361-729-2451
MALONEThe home going that Reverend Don Malone
preached about so often became reality for him at about 2 am on January 4 2021 at the age of 84 Don was born January 21 1936 in a house in a community called Rockford Texas located 14 miles southeast of Paris in Lamar County to Samuel Odis Malone and Viola Denny Malone
Don attended Elementary school and most of Jr High and High School at Paris ISD however he also attended Hooks Jr High in 8th grade and Hooks High School for the 2nd semester of his senior year And that is where he met a cute girl named Margaret Prat-er Don and Margaret began a 66-year love story at the end of their senior year of 1954 and married Septem-ber 2 1954 In 1957 Don and Margaret dedicated their lives to God and began attending the Hooks Assembly of God Church along with their young son Terry In 1961 Don accepted his calling into the Ministry spe-cifically to Pastor He loved Pastoring because he loved
LOCAL
Twana Jean Taylor
Arthur C Davila Jr
Cynthia Gandy Thompson
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 5
RamirezSoledad Flores Adame Ramirez 77 of Mexico passed
away Friday December 25 2020 Funeral Mass will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 2 pm at St Michaelrsquos Catholic Church in Mt Pleasant Texas Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery in Mt Pleasant Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Hollins Mr Antheley M Hollins 51 of Pittsburg Texas
passed away Saturday January 2 2021 in Dallas Texas Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 11 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg Texas Interment will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
PeekDavid Lynn Peek 52 of Clarksville Texas passed away
Monday January 4 2021 in Clarksville Texas Services are pending under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
BoydKena Boyd 59 of Mt Pleasant Texas passed away
Tuesday January 5 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Schneck Eldns Schneck 67 of Pittsburg Texas passed away
Wednesday January 6 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Thomas Navy Veteran Queennie E Thomas 87 of Pittsburg
LOCAL
Obituariespeople His first pastorate was at the age of 24 at the Talco Assembly of God He served there from 1961 to January of 1968 when he accepted a pastorate at Shady Grove Assembly of God in Grand Prairie Texas He loved the people of Grand Prairie but he wasnrsquot a fan of city living So in May of 1969 he returned to Talco AG for another eight years until May of 1977 He then pastored Dellwood Park AG in Mt Pleasant from 1978-1981 and began his final pastorate at Bible Chris-tian Assembly AG on August 2 1981 He served there for 24 wonderful years until his retirement on January 1 2005 In addition to being called Pastor Don was also called faithful Husband Father (Daddy) Grand-father (Papaw) and Great-Grandfather and he fulfilled each of these roles with excellence He will forever hold a special place in their hearts He is deeply loved and will be dearly missed by his family and those who called him friend Don had another love in addition to God his family his church people and his friends He loved Southern Gospel Music In the early 70rsquos he had the opportunity to do a weekly southern gospel music show on KIMP the local radio station Every Sunday afternoon for one hour many locals tuned in to the Gospel Music Time radio show This led to a part-time job as a DJ at KIMP and made his voice a familiar one to many people
He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 66 years Margaret His children Terry and June Malone of Mt Vernon Paula and Donny Heimer of Kilgore Karen and Joe Whitaker of Mt Pleasant his grandchildren Chris Heimer and Brandi of Kilgore Tessara Malone and Josh of Fate Jonathan Whitaker and Casey of Omaha Janessa Stewart and Joshua of Longview Joel Whitaker and Kaitlyn of Daingerfield and Ryan Heimer and Heathur of Longview10 great grandchildren Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Lois and Richard Stevens of Hooks and numerous nieces and nephews
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister Linda Sherian Coker
A come-and-go visitation is scheduled for Friday January 8th from 5-8 pm at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Fu-neral Home Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9th at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Mt Pleasant with burial to follow at Meadowbrook Gardens in Paris Texas
If you are attending the service please wear a mask and maintain social distancing as per the CDC guide-lines The service will be broadcast on Facebook live through the First Baptist Church Facebook page
Online registry is available at batescoopersloanfu-neralhomecom
Texas passed away Friday January 1 2021 in Dallas Texas Memorial Services will be held Thursday Jan-uary 14 2021 at Dallas Ft Worth National Cemetery at 1 pm in Lane 3 Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
SCOTTJames Larry Scott
passed away on January 2 2021 in Longview Tex-as He was born June 11 1940 in Palestine Texas to James Hansford and Ema Lou Bishop Scott James graduated as an honor student from Palestine High School in 1958 and from University of Texas at Austin with a Physics degree in 1962
He is survived by sister Jonice Hageman Mary Webber (David) and numerous nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents sisters Jenna Si-mons and Lynna Sue Wilkerson
He was an accomplished musician on Organ Pia-no and Saxophone While still in High school he gave community concerts on the organ and sat 1st chair saxophone in the University of Texas band where he had the opportunity to perform for President Kenne-dyrsquos presidential inauguration in 1961 Throughout his life he never lost his love for music and served as church pianist and organist at First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant for years until illness prevented him from continuing
After graduating college he worked in Washing-ton DC in the census department and then for TRW where he contracted with NASA in Houston as a math-ematician working on several of the Apollo missions
He loved his family dearly and in his later years moved to Mt Pleasant where he cared for his mother to whom he was totally devoted
A memorial service will be held at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant on Friday Janu-ary 15 2021 at 200 PM with family visitation at 100 PM
Memorials may be made to The Cancer Society or a Charity of your choice
An online registry will be available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
James Larry Scott
UT Health East Texas opens COVID-19 vaccinations to high-risk individualsUT Health East Texas on Monday will begin provid-
ing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk members of the public Vaccines will be given by appointment only
The vaccine will be available to those who meet the Texas Department of State Health Services criteria for Phase 1A or 1B of the statersquos vaccine allocation plan Phase 1A includes healthcare workers first and last responders and residents of long-term care facilities Phase 1B includes those 65 and older and those 18 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19
UT Health is the only healthcare system in East Texas to be selected by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a mass vaccine location UT Health is slated to receive 1500 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will be given on an appointment only first-come first-served basis
Individuals who meet the criteria for Phase 1A and 1B can make an appointment using this link
httpswwwsignupgeniuscomgoUTThe vaccines will be given at UT Health North
Campus Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Appointment time slots are available from 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday Anyone wanting a vaccine must have an appointment vac-cines for walk-ins will not be available
There is no charge for the vaccine but residents are asked to bring their insurance card to their ap-pointment During the appointment residents will be registered vaccinated and monitored for 15 min-utes during which time a second appointment will be scheduled The Moderna vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart
ldquoWe take our role in vaccinating the public very seriously to help bring this virus under control It continues to spread rapidly in our communities so the sooner we can get people vaccinated the betterrdquo said Dr Tom Cummins chief medical officer for UT Health East Texas ldquoOur caregivers are seeing the devastation of this virus every single day We are see-ing record numbers of people in our hospitals with COVID-19 so it is still extremely important for all East Texans to continue to do the things wersquove been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic mdash wearing a mask washing your hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings We know these things work to slow the spread of the virusrdquo
About UT Health East Texas
UT Health East Texas provides care to thousands of patients each year through an extensive regional net-work that includes 10 hospitals more than 50 clinics the Olympic Plaza Tower 13 regional rehabilitation
facilities two freestanding emergency centers region-al home health services covering 41 counties an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicop-ters and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network including the regionrsquos only Level 1 trauma facility
As a partner with The University of Texas System UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to pro-vide patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health profes-sionals The nationally recognized UT System also in-
cludes UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas as well as three other major university medical centers located throughout the state
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
The View From A FarrBy TRACY FARR
Contributing Writer
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the parent company of Mount Pleasant based Guar-anty Bank amp Trust NA yesterday announced it has leased the south wing with over 15000 square feet of the Region 8 Service Center in Pittsburg Guar-antyrsquos Operations Center handles all deposit oper-ations wires and the customer service and Call Center for the bankrsquos 31 bank locations throughout the state
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and item to be bid marked clearly on the
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Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
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Monday Jan 11
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riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
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ties 530 pm
Basketball
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500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
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bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
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Soccer
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bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E H A R D - W O R K I N G S T U D E N T S
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Luiz Olvera
Layne Pinckard
Micah Tucker
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Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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Crime amp Courts
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Of Mt Pleasant For Poss Cs Pg 1 gt= 1G lt 4G Poss Drug Paraphernalia And Abandon Endanger Child IntKnowReckCrim Neg
bull Hayes Devontaye Larell 17 Of Little Rock For Evad-ing Arrest Detention
bull Burton Olivia Opal Mi-chelle 21 Of Mt Pleasant For Burglary Of Habitation
bull Lyles Ryan Worth 33 Of Mt Pleasant For Terror-istic Threat Of FamilyHousehold
bull Desantiago Ernesto 40 Of Mt Pleasant For As-sault Against Elderly Or Disabled Individual And Criminal Trespass
bull Hines Shannon Germane 42 Of Mt Pleasant Bur-glary Of Habitation And Invasive Visual Recording
And Photographybull Ellis Shannon Lee 50 Of
Cookville For Viol State Atty Filed Protective Order Iat
bull Jones Johnnie 37 Of Mt Pleasant For Resist Arrest Search Or Transp And As-sault Fv
bull Ware Patricia Of Talco For Driving While Intoxi-cated 3Rd Or More
bull Hay Hannah 27 Of Tal-hina Ok For Poss Cs Pg 2 lt 1G And Poss Drug Para (Time Served)
bull Wright Terry Lynn 47 Of Mt Pleasant For Wrt-Poss Cs Pg 1 gt= 1G lt 4G
bull Lebeau Brandon Ed-ward 29 Of Talco For Parole Violation-Agg Rob-(Illinois) Bs-Theft Prop gt=$2500lt$30K(La-mar Co) Bs-Assault FamHouse Mem Im-pede BreathCircula And Bs-Criminal Trespass
Titus Regional Medical Center reaches maximum capacityBy DI DUNCAN
editortribnowcom
TRMC reported this week that they are now at maximum capacity with 24 COVID patients This is the highest number of COVID hospitaliza-tions since the pandemic struck All ICU COVID patients have been moved out of traditional ICU to other intensive care-capable rooms The third floor has been de-voted entirely to COVID patients The ER is hold-ing some COVID pa-tients to help ease load on the floor and ICU Transfers to other hos-pitals are reportedly very difficult if even possible for COVID patients ac-
cording to Titus County Judge Brian Lee
ldquoMr Scoggin reports that COVID patients at TRMC have gotten sick-er in the last 2 weeks None of these stats in-dicate that anything has improved recently We are obligated to back off to 50 occupancy in non exempted business-es This includes retail and restaurants Elective surgeries have been lim-itedrdquo said Lee
ldquoWe must get this COVID patient percent-age back down below 15 percent To do this we must adhere to prac-tices to stop the spread You know what it takes Quarantine masking distancing and avoiding
social gatherings are the things we have come to hate but until the vac-cine can do its job these are our best forms of de-fenserdquo Lee said
Leersquos encouragement to practice mask-wear-ing is not merely a re-quest but a state order In addition to GA-32 executive order GA-28 requiring masks to be worn in all public set-tings remains in effect According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention masks are very effective in the reduction of virus-laden respiratory droplets be-ing transferred from per-son to person especially in the case of asymptom-atic or presymptomatic
infected wearers who feel well and may be unaware of their infectiousness to others The CDC states that asymptomatic and presymptomatic citizens who do not practice proper mask-wearing are estimated to account for more than 50 of virus transmissions
The CDC also says that cloth masks not only effectively block most large droplets but they can also block fine drop-lets and particles which increase in number with volume and types of speech Multi-layer cloth masks can both block up to 50-70 of these fine droplets and particles and limit the forward spread of those that are
not captured Upwards of 80 blockage has been achieved in human experiments that have measured blocking of all respiratory droplets with cloth masks in some studies performing on par with surgical masks as barriers for source control Fewer droplets transmitted from per-son to person equates to a lessened spread of COVID-19 and a lower chance of required hos-pitalization
ldquoI hope that you will all recognize the serious-ness of an overcrowd-ed hospital that cannot transfer patients to larg-er facilitiesrdquo said Lee ldquoWhile a large majority can recuperate at home
with minor symptoms we must commit to help-ing reduce the current hospital population in order to properly treat those dealing with the harsh symptoms and to ensure there is care avail-able for non-COVID emergencies as wellrdquo
Lee urges locals to take the necessary steps to protect yourself and others around you ldquoRe-member that many with COVID will assume they are not infected because their symptoms are so minimal and so similar to typical seasonal ill-nesses Watch for fever chills loss of tastesmell stomachdigestion prob-lems cough headache body achesrdquo he said
and I think everybody would like that very muchrdquoUT Healthrsquos Dr Bola Olusola said that as a phy-
sician he believes in setting a good example for his patients and the community by taking the vaccine
ldquoIf I want to talk to my patients that they should get the vaccine I think I should be able to say lsquoYes I think you should get it Irsquove already gotten itrsquordquo Olusola said ldquoI think most people have more con-fidence when yoursquore preaching the gospel that you believe itrdquo
Though so many vaccines were distributed across
Vaccines Continued from page 1 the state local pharmacies and healthcare systems received only hundreds Titus County received 300 which were split between Super 1 Pharmacy Thur-manrsquos Pro-Med Pharmacy and Walgreens Morris County received only 100 doses which went to Brookshirersquos Pharmacy in Daingerfield
Franklin County was given 200 doses to be split between the Franklin County Rural Health Clinic and Brookshirersquos Pharmacy Upshur County re-ceived 300 doses all of which went to Divine Grace Pharmacy in Diana Bowie County was given 200 doses half of which went to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice while the other half went to the Texarkana-Bowie Family Health Center
More vaccines are said to be arriving in Northeast Texas counties in the coming weeks as DSHS and HHSC continue their vaccine rollout plan Admin-istration of vaccines will still be prioritized with se-niors and those with pre-existing health conditions coming first
Until the entire population can be immunized and cases become manageable local physicians urge local residents to continue to do the things that have been recommended since the beginning of the pandemic wearing masks washing hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings These actions have all been shown to slow the spread of COVID-19
ture for extending these benefits and increasing the amount of benefits that Texas families will receiverdquo said Governor Abbott ldquoThese emergency SNAP benefits continue to help put food on the table for many Texas families throughout the COVID-19 pan-demicrdquo
ldquoAs we continue through the new year these ben-efits offer nutritious food to those who need it most
SNAP Continued from page 1
especially in these trying timesrdquo said Texas HHS Ac-cess and Eligibility Services Deputy Executive Com-missioner Wayne Salter
Texas received approval from the US Department of Agriculture to extend the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on the size of their families
To apply for benefits including SNAP and Medic-aid visit YourTexasBenefitscom or use the Your Tex-as Benefits mobile app which is available to Android and iOS users
TribNowcomMount Pleasantrsquos 1
News amp Information Source
County subject to business healthcare restrictions as COVID hospitalizations rise
By DI DUNCANeditortribnowcom
The Texas Department of State Health Services has divided the state into Trauma Service Areas (TSAs) for the purpose of monitoring COVID case counts and implementing executive orders from the office of Governor Abbott regionally
Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-32 to reopen certain venues to 75 capacity and allow the resumption of elective surgeries in certain counties in October Counties within TSAs with high COVID-19 hospitalizations are now forced to regress to the terms set by the Governor before this order advanced the reopening of the state
This means that no elective procedures will be performed at the service arearsquos hospitals In addi-tion bars in the area must close while restaurants and businesses can remain open but at 50 percent capacity
Titus County lies within TSA F along with Bowie Cass Delta Hopkins Lamar Morris and Red River Counties As of Sunday TSA-F is classified as hav-ing high hospitalization rates
High hospitalizations in a Trauma Service Area are defined as having seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized pa-tients as a percentage of total hospital capacity ex-ceeds 15 percent The area is considered high hospi-talization until the Trauma Service Area has seven consecutive days with the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients sitting at 15 percent or less
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Updated Property Tax Information Now
Available for Texas TaxpayersTitus County mdash New and updated property tax information has just been compiled by Titus County Appraisal District and is available now to assist taxpayers This property tax information is current and covers a wide range of topics such as tax-payer remedies exemptions and appraisals and has information for select groups such as disabled veterans and persons age 65 or older
ldquoIt is important for all taxpayers (homeowners business owners disabled veteran etc) to know your rights concerning property tax lawsrdquo said Shirley Dickerson Chief Appraiser of the Titus County Appraisal District ldquoYou can contact us about any property tax issues with full confidence that we will provide you the most com-plete accurate and up-to-date available information to assist yourdquo
This includes information about the following programs
bull Property Tax Exemptions for Disabled Veterans - The law provides partial exemptions for any property owned by disabled veterans or surviving spouses and surviving children of deceased disabled veterans Another partial exemption is for homesteads donated to disabled veterans by charitable organizations at no cost or not more than 50 percent of the good faith estimate of the homesteadrsquos market val-ue to the disabled veterans and their surviving spouses The exemption amount is determined according to percentage of service-connected disability The law also provides a 100 percent homestead exemption for 100 percent service-connect-ed disabled veterans and their surviving spouses and surviving spouses of US armed service members killed in action
bull Property Tax Exemptions ndash Non-profit organizations that meet statutory require-ments may seek property tax exemptions and must apply to their county appraisal district by a specific date Businesses that qualify may receive tax abatements if granted by taxing units ship inventory out of Texas store certain goods in transit in warehouses that are moved within 175 days may be eligible for the freeport exemption construct install or acquire pollution control property own and operate energy storage systems convert landfill-generated gas or store offshore drilling equipment while not in use may also be eligible for statutory exemptions
bull Rendering Taxable Property - If a business owns tangible personal property that is used to produce income the business must file a rendition with its local county appraisal district by a specified date Personal property includes inventory and equipment used by a business Owners do not have to render exempt property such as church property or an agriculture producerrsquos equipment used for farming
bull Appraisal Notices ndash Normally taxpayers receive a notice of appraised value from the Titus county appraisal district The city county school districts and other local taxing units will use the appraisal districtrsquos value to set property taxes for the coming year
bull Property Taxpayer Remedies ndash This Comptroller publication explains in detail how to protest a property appraisal what issues the county appraisal review board (ARB) can consider and what to expect during a protest hearing The publication also discusses the options of taking a taxpayerrsquos case to district court the State Office of Administrative Hearings or binding arbitration if the taxpayer is dissatisfied with the outcome of the ARB hearing
bull Homestead Exemptions ndash A homestead is generally defined as the home and land used as the ownerrsquos principal residence on Jan 1 of the tax year A home-stead exemption reduces the appraised value of the home and as a result lowers property taxes Applications are submitted to the Titus county appraisal district NOTE- Applications for homestead exemptions are free and available online or in our office
bull Productivity Appraisal ndash Property owners who use land for timberland produc-tion agricultural purposes or wildlife management can be granted property tax re-lief on their land They may apply to Titus county appraisal district for an agricultural appraisal which may result in a lower appraisal of the land based on production versus market value NOTE- These applications are free and available online or in our office
bull Residence Homestead Tax Deferral - Texas homeowners may postpone pay-ing the currently delinquent property taxes due on the appreciating value of their homes by filing a tax deferral affidavit at the appraisal district This tax relief allows homeowners to pay the property taxes on 105 percent of the preceding yearrsquos ap-praised value of their homestead plus the taxes on any new improvements to the homestead The remaining taxes are postponed but not cancelled with interest accruing at 8 percent per year
bull Property Tax Deferral for Persons Age 65 or Older or Disabled or Disabled Veteran Homeowners ndash Texans who are age 65 or older or disabled as defined by law or who qualify for a disabled veteran exemption may postpone paying cur-rent and delinquent property taxes on their homes by signing a tax deferral affida-vit Once the affidavit is on file taxes are deferred but not cancelled as long as the owner continues to own and live in the home Interest continues to accrue at 5 percent per year on the unpaid taxes You may obtain a deferral affidavit at the appraisal district
bull Notice of Availability of Electronic Communication ndash In appraisal districts located in counties with a population of more than 200000 or that have autho-rized electronic communications and that have implemented a system that allows such communications chief appraisers and ARBs may communicate electronically through email or other media with property owners or their designated represen-tatives Written agreements are required for notices and other documents to be delivered electronically instead of mailing NOTE- Titus County does not qualify for the availability of electronic communication
bull Protesting Property Appraisal Values ndash Property owners who disagree with the appraisal districtrsquos appraisal of their property for local taxes or for any other action that adversely affects them may protest their property value to the appraisal districtrsquos ARB
For more information about these programs go by the Titus County Appraisal District at 2404 W Ferguson Road Mount Pleasant or write to PO Box 528 Mount Pleasant TX 75456 Titus County Appraisal Districtrsquos web site which has additional information can be located at wwwtitus-cadorg Information is also available on the Comptrollerrsquos Property Tax Assistance Divisionrsquos website at comptrollertexasgovtaxesproperty-tax
Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association held their Cowboy Ball
Northeast Texas Community College announced that due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the area and in accordance with Governor Greg Abbottrsquos latest orders the in-person summer graduation originally scheduled for August 14 was canceled
A Walmart altercation led to a weapon being drawn by a local woman
Texas Education Agency announced guidelines for the new school year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19
Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer Juan Hernandez Officer Angel Mendoza and Sergeant Bryan Denney were each presented the Life Saving Award by Interim Police Chief Kyle Holcomb in recognition of their heroic efforts to render aid to a resident who would have bled to death without their quick thinking and professional training
UIL set new guidelines for fall extracurricular activities
Review Continued from page 1
Titus County COVID-19 cases reached 1165A local man perished in a house fire on Alexander RoadTexas AampM discovered that COVID can infect petsThe Texas Education Agency decided that the STAAR test would not determine
promotion or retention of fifth and eighth-gradersAugustAllegations of sexual harassment were made against City Manager Ed Thatcher
The complainant was terminated from her position with the CityTRMC CEO Terry Scoggin described the healthcare networkrsquos COVID treat-
ment and proceduresThe City of Mount Pleasant was sued by former City Manager Mike AhrensThe City of Mount Pleasant hired Mark Buhman as the new Police ChiefA one-year-old boy was tragically killed when his father accidentally struck him
with a vehicleHarts Bluff announced their plans for a new early college high school in partner-
ship with NTCCLee Gonzales 33 of Mount Pleasant and Santa Guadalupe Lozada 34 of Mount
Pleasant were arrested for unauthorized use of vehicle engaging in organized criminal activity and a Camp County warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity Gonzales was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a Texas parole warrant
Pat Fallon took the congressional district 4 nomination in a landslide voteIn a letter from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commissionrsquos executive director
released on August 10 the organization stated that bars that have previously been forced to close due to COVID-19 had reopening options
The father of a fatal accident victim sought additional safety measures on US 271
The City of Mount Pleasant welcomed John Ankrum as the new Building Offi-cial
A one-vehicle accident turned fatal when the car was submerged in water off of I-30
Demolition began on the Hideout buildingPlans were made to dedicate Forest Lawn Cemetery to Ricky and Kelly BakerThe City of Mount Pleasant announced that an application would be submitted
for the Texas Capital Fund Main Street Program through the Texas Department of Agriculture for a grant amounting to $500000
The Tribune welcomed their new editorA newly purchased Lincoln pick-up truck collided with the front wall of Brook-
shirersquos on Ferguson RoadTitus County Judge Brian Lee announced that the free COVID testing would
continueA strike team that included UT Health East Texas EMS crews departed to help in
the wake of storms that could hit the Texas Gulf CoastThe proposed budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year was released by the City of
Mount Pleasant The MPISD Board of Trustees voted to reduce the tax rate from $134 to $12917
for the coming year a reduction of $0483SeptemberMount Pleasant High School advanced senior art student Mya Clark designed
and painted barrels to be used in the 2020 MPRA RodeoA 55-year-old Titus County Texas man and a 54-year-old federal inmate plead-
ed guilty to a bribery conspiracyThe countyrsquos COVID death toll reached 25Rodolfo Javier Falcon 36 of Titus County Texas pleaded guilty to conspiring to
distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug proceeds Jose Armando Rosales-Bernal 27 of Dallas County Texas pleaded guilty to con-spiring to distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $4 million in drug proceeds
Fire Chief Larry McRae led a strike team in California to fight the catastrophic fires raging in the area
The Ovarian Cancer Awareness Benefit raised $5500The announcement of Municipal Judge Jerry Wessonrsquos retirement was made and
the City Council swore in former Titus County Justice of the Peace Kay McNutt as the new Municipal Judge
Governor Abbott announced expanded business reopeningsOn September 21 a dedication ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in
honor of Ricky and Kelly BakerAt a special meeting of the Titus County Commissioners Court held on Sep-
tember 21 commissioners adopted a new Titus County tax rate lowering it from 4742 to 4679
The annual Women in Business Luncheon was held Sept 23 with Tammy White-hurst performing a motivational speech
Pilgrimrsquos invested $15 million in Mt Pleasant to support the local community as part of new Hometown Strong initiative
Sweet Shop USA received a special honor from the US Surgeon General and the Deputy of Health and Human Services for their work in making masks
The Strides for Blue 122 event kicked off in Mount Pleasant
Page 4 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
ObituariesINGRAM
Services for Rachel Marie Ingram 45 of Hughes Springs were 1100 am Monday January 4 2021 at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Bradfield Chapel in Daingerfield under the direction of Reed-er-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs
Ms Ingram was born September 2 1975 and passed away December 30 2020 and was a member of the US Navy
There will be a time of visitation Sunday evening from 500 until 700 pm at the funeral home
CHAFFINServices for Gaybe Chaffin will be 200 pm Tuesday
January 5 2021at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Veal Switch Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home of Hughes Springs There will be a time of visitation from 600 pm until 800 pm Monday evening at the funeral home
Gabye Chaffin was born March 23 1942 and passed away December 31 2020 in Longview
McNUTTJohnny Floyd McNutt 64 passed away on Decem-
ber 29 2020 in Gilmer TX He was born on June 12 1956 in Pittsburg TX to Floyd McNutt and Ruth Chance McNutt
He is survived by his loving wife Juli McNutt sons Brian McNutt Dylan McNutt and Jared McNutt daughter and son-in-law Maren McNutt and Aaron Nicholson 4 grandchildren Andrew Nicholson Ian Nicholson Lucy Nicholson and Abby Durrant sister Martha Bullard
Johnny was preceded in death by his loving parents and sister Nancy Hall
A memorial service will be held at a later dateMemorial donations can be made to the Alzheimerrsquos
Association
TRAYLORTwana Jean Traylor 51
a resident of Mt Pleasant Texas died Monday De-cember 28 2020 in Mt Pleasant Private Grave-side Service (immediate family only) Friday Janu-ary 8 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direction of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born February 5 1969 in Mt Pleasant Texas
There will be no public viewing Private viewing with the family only Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymortuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice so-cial distancing at all locations
DAVILAArthur C Davila Jr age
71 of Scroggins Texas passed away on Thursday December 31 2020 in Mt Pleasant Texas
The family will receive friends and family on Tuesday January 5 2021 from 500 ndash 700 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Funeral Service will be on Wednesday January 6 2021 at 200 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Pastor Franklin String-ham Sr and Franklin Stringham Jr will be officiat-ing Interment will be at Mount Vernon City Ceme-tery
Arthur was born on July 9 1949 to Arturo and To-masa (Covos) Davila in Hargill Texas He married Juanita Lozano on November 9 1976 in Levelland Texas Arthur was a veteran serving in the United States Army in Vietnam He worked as a lead mainte-nance supervisor at Pilgrims Pride He was a member of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Agapito Davila and Juan Davila
Arthur is survived by his wife of 44 years Juanita Davila of Scroggins Texas sons Tomas Davila of San Diego California David Davila of Mount Vernon Texas and John Davila of Pittsburg Texas daughter Yasmine Davila of Scroggins Texas 4 grandchildren Kaleb Kelsey Kylee Sadie Davila 1 great grandchild Hazleigh Davila sisters Hope Cantu Janie Riggs Minga Romero Lola Olvera Irma Davila Leticia Davila and Carmen Garcia brothers Starky Davila Camilo Davila and Eppy Davila
Online condolences can be made at wwwsamhar-veyfuneralhomecom
Services entrusted to Sam B Harvey Funeral Home
KIDWELLOscar George Kidwell 88 of Mount Pleasant passed
away on January 4 2021 He was born on June 18 1932 in Mount Pleasant to RO ldquoBobrdquo Kidwell and Evie Garretson Kidwell
He was a member of First Baptist Church Cookville and was a veteran of the United States Air Force
George is survived by his loving wife Lois Taylor Kidwell of Mount Pleasant son and daughter-in-law Larry and Mechele Kidwell of Cheyenne Wyoming son and daughter-in-law Terry and Linda Kidwell of Magnolia son and spouse Rickey and Jerri Cannon of Sandia step son and spouse Jerry and Joyce Cook
of Mount Pleasant step son Jeff Seaton of Cookville step daughter and spouse Brenda and Pat Howard of Daingerfield step daughter and spouse Connie and Jimmy McCollum of Mount Pleasant grandchildren Emily Kidwell Michelle and Chatham Clary Trisha Christian Cheryl and Shelton Eubanks numerous great grandchildren numerous nieces and nephews and brother and sister-in-law Roger and Betty Kidwell of Pittsburg
He was preceded in death by his first wife Lorene Ballard Kidwell sisters Elaine Coe Billie Cason Betty Moon and Winnie Cochran and brothers Bill Kid-well and RL Kidwell
A service will be held on Thursday January 7 2021 at 200 PM at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home A visitation will be held from 100 PM to 200 PM on Thursday January 7 2021 at the funeral home
Memorial donations may be made to Chambers Home Health and Hospice or to the First Baptist Church Cookville
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
GIBSONMary Lou Madison Gibson 92 passed away in Mt
Pleasant on January 5 2021 She was born on Octo-ber 8 1928 to Charley and Annie Wright Madison Mary was a member of Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church
Survived by sons John Madison ldquoMatrdquo Gibson (Ludy) of Mt Pleasant Jerry Wayne Gibson (Deb-bie) of Mt Pleasant Charles Henry Gibson (Sonja) of Jacksonville AR Thomas Glyn Gibson of Cookville Daughters Janis Lea Sparks Linda Lou Kelley Anna Marie Henderson (Darrell) of Cookville Grandchil-dren Kenneth David Sparks Jr (Ashley) Diane Phipps (Brad) Samantha Lea Ferrell (Layton) Katie Sparks Christina Gibson Krista Shackelford (Ronnie) Bob-by Dean Smith Heather Michelle Sears (Kary) Jami Renea Kelley Robert Sharp Jennifer Marie McCollum (Wesley) Jeffery Wayne Gibson (Hollie) Jessica Ma-rie Hanna (Joe) Matasha Ross (Jose) Dusti Sanders (Tony) Mitch Gibson and Anissa Vissering John Le-land ldquoLeerdquo Gibson Wendi Sue Gibson Stephen Todd Belk (Tiffany) Lorne Key Adams Stephanie Valenzu-ela 29 Great Grandchildren 7 Great-great grandchil-dren and counting
Preceded in death by parents husband John E Gibson sons Walter Carl Gibson Bobby Dean Gib-son Son-in-laws Kenneth David Sparks Sr James Ray Kelley granddaughter Kathey Ann Kelley Sharp grandson Clayton Cameron
Funeral service will be at 200 PM on Saturday Janu-ary 9 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Chapel Family will receive friends one-hour prior service from 1-2 PM Bro Shawn Findley will officiate with burial following at Lone Star Cemetery
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
HOLMESDoris Gean Holmes 75 a resident of Mt Pleasant
Texas died Wednesday January 6 2021 in Mt Pleas-ant Private Graveside Service (immediate family only) Saturday January 9 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direc-tion of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born October 26 1945 in Mt Pleasant Texas
Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymor-tuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice social distancing at all locations
CAMERONRichard Loyd Cameron was born to Howard A and
Annie Loura Gibbs Cameron on October 11 1929 in Argo Texas His father died when he was 2 years old and brother 4 years old His mother married a wid-ower Jim Bell when they were 6 and 8 acquiring a 7-year-old brother On his 16th birthday his parents were blessed with a baby Now these older brothers had a baby brother Jerry They were raised in a Chris-tian home attending Bethel Church of Christ
Loyd as he was known to family and friends went to work at an early age as a well as the brothers for vari-ous jobs At 15 years of age he took his first construc-tion job for Brown amp Root in Dumas Texas Saving his salary for the coming senior year After graduating from High school in 1947 later joining the US Air Force serving 3 years He had many memories of this time in Saudi Arabia He made many slides that his family have enjoyed for years He married Janice Ter-rell on July 2 1955 They followed pipeline construc-tion work for three years and Janice wanted to move home to Argo After moving back he went to work for the Postal Service Loyd was known to always be ready to help his family and neighbors He was a mem-ber of Church of Christ and attending services at Argo Missionary Baptist with his family and friends Loved being a descendant of Archie Cameron
After retirement from the US Postal Service (30 + years) he and Janice enjoyed traveling across US in their motorhome attending rallyrsquos and visiting friends and family Loyd was an avid fisherman which he en-joyed immensely Everyone would ask him when and where are the fish biting
He was so good with grandkids Many trips were made to camping at the lake The whole day was spent pulling the kids on tubes as long as they wanted Many lessons were learned as they set with fishing pole in
hand They all loved and respected their grandpaSurvived by his wife Janice of 65 years Sons Den-
nis Cameron (Kim) of Mt Pleasant Howard Camer-on (Mitzi) of Mt Pleasant daughter Regina Blythe of Rockwall grandchildren Amy Caddell Dennis Cameron Jr Elizabeth Pullen (James Chelsy Carwile (Justin) Katelyn Johnson (Eric) 9 great granddaugh-ters 1 great grandson and 2 step grandchildren Bran-don Blythe (Melissa) Christie Cheek (David) and their families brothers HE Cameron Jerry Bell numer-ous nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents Howard Cameron Jim and Annie Bell stepbrothers James Bell Paul Bell brother-in-law John Marion Terrell sister-in-law Glenda Terrell son-in-law Ben Blythe
Funeral service will be 200 PM Sunday January 10 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home with Bro Randal Crawley officiating Burial will follow at Liber-ty Hill Cemetery
Memorial donations in memory of Richard Loyd Cameron may be made to Liberty Hill Cemetery
We are committed to follow the guidelines provid-ed by CDC The Cameron family respectfully requests that anyone attending service please wear a face mask for the safety of all attendance
Online registry is now available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
THOMPSONCynthia Gandy Thomp-
son passed in peace at the age of 84 on January 4 2021 in Rockport Texas She had suffered a stroke in mid-December 2020
She was born June 9 1936 in rural Northeast Texas Franklin County to R B and Dahlia Gan-dy Along with her par-ents and 3 brothers she helped on the family farm during the depression years picking cotton canning vegetables and raising farm animals She married young had 2 children David Thompson of Austin and Donna Thompson Broach of Rockport while gradual-ly obtaining her GED Bachelor and Masterrsquos degrees and CPA certification She worked in the accounting field for over 50 years before retiring to Rockport her ldquoParadiserdquo as she called it where she enjoyed the salt air and walks on the beach Education was highly val-ued and she was greatly supportive to her children and grandchildren as they all are college graduates some with advanced degrees Her hobbies through the years included water skiing and camping with her children snow skiing and international travel with her grand-children and keeping a lovely home and garden that all felt welcome to visit She was a die-hard football fan especially high school and college games
The greatest commitment during her adult years was to her church community She was a lifelong Baptist until moving to Rockport where she found fellowship and became a member of the First United Methodist Church She was active as a Sunday School and VBS teacher church greeter and volunteer at the com-munity thrift shop Castaways until health concerns limited her ability to participate Daily she would get in her ldquoprayer closetrdquo to pray for family and friends Throughout the years she made many wonderful friendships through her church family who she valued greatly
She was preceded in death by her parents broth-ers RB Jr and Robert Jackson Gandy She is sur-vived by her brother Winfred Gandy (Jeanette) of Edna TX Her children David Thompson of Austin Donna Broach (Micki) of Rockport Grandchildren Josh Broach (Jaton) Ryan Thompson (Robin) Sarah Broach Sturm (Anthony) Lauren Thompson Madden (Wales) and Marshall Thompson (Meagan) She also had greatgrands which were the light of her life She was deeply loved and will be missed as our mom Ma-moiMemoi and Mamo
Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate Proverbs 3131
A private celebration of her life will be scheduled at a later date Donations may be made in her name to First United Methodist Church childrenrsquos ministry at 801 E Main St Rockport Texas 78382 or a charity of your choice
Online condolences may be left at wwwcharliemar-shallfuneralhomescom Arrangements entrusted to
Charlie Marshall Funeral Home814 E Main Rockport Texas 78382 361-729-2451
MALONEThe home going that Reverend Don Malone
preached about so often became reality for him at about 2 am on January 4 2021 at the age of 84 Don was born January 21 1936 in a house in a community called Rockford Texas located 14 miles southeast of Paris in Lamar County to Samuel Odis Malone and Viola Denny Malone
Don attended Elementary school and most of Jr High and High School at Paris ISD however he also attended Hooks Jr High in 8th grade and Hooks High School for the 2nd semester of his senior year And that is where he met a cute girl named Margaret Prat-er Don and Margaret began a 66-year love story at the end of their senior year of 1954 and married Septem-ber 2 1954 In 1957 Don and Margaret dedicated their lives to God and began attending the Hooks Assembly of God Church along with their young son Terry In 1961 Don accepted his calling into the Ministry spe-cifically to Pastor He loved Pastoring because he loved
LOCAL
Twana Jean Taylor
Arthur C Davila Jr
Cynthia Gandy Thompson
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 5
RamirezSoledad Flores Adame Ramirez 77 of Mexico passed
away Friday December 25 2020 Funeral Mass will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 2 pm at St Michaelrsquos Catholic Church in Mt Pleasant Texas Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery in Mt Pleasant Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Hollins Mr Antheley M Hollins 51 of Pittsburg Texas
passed away Saturday January 2 2021 in Dallas Texas Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 11 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg Texas Interment will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
PeekDavid Lynn Peek 52 of Clarksville Texas passed away
Monday January 4 2021 in Clarksville Texas Services are pending under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
BoydKena Boyd 59 of Mt Pleasant Texas passed away
Tuesday January 5 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Schneck Eldns Schneck 67 of Pittsburg Texas passed away
Wednesday January 6 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Thomas Navy Veteran Queennie E Thomas 87 of Pittsburg
LOCAL
Obituariespeople His first pastorate was at the age of 24 at the Talco Assembly of God He served there from 1961 to January of 1968 when he accepted a pastorate at Shady Grove Assembly of God in Grand Prairie Texas He loved the people of Grand Prairie but he wasnrsquot a fan of city living So in May of 1969 he returned to Talco AG for another eight years until May of 1977 He then pastored Dellwood Park AG in Mt Pleasant from 1978-1981 and began his final pastorate at Bible Chris-tian Assembly AG on August 2 1981 He served there for 24 wonderful years until his retirement on January 1 2005 In addition to being called Pastor Don was also called faithful Husband Father (Daddy) Grand-father (Papaw) and Great-Grandfather and he fulfilled each of these roles with excellence He will forever hold a special place in their hearts He is deeply loved and will be dearly missed by his family and those who called him friend Don had another love in addition to God his family his church people and his friends He loved Southern Gospel Music In the early 70rsquos he had the opportunity to do a weekly southern gospel music show on KIMP the local radio station Every Sunday afternoon for one hour many locals tuned in to the Gospel Music Time radio show This led to a part-time job as a DJ at KIMP and made his voice a familiar one to many people
He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 66 years Margaret His children Terry and June Malone of Mt Vernon Paula and Donny Heimer of Kilgore Karen and Joe Whitaker of Mt Pleasant his grandchildren Chris Heimer and Brandi of Kilgore Tessara Malone and Josh of Fate Jonathan Whitaker and Casey of Omaha Janessa Stewart and Joshua of Longview Joel Whitaker and Kaitlyn of Daingerfield and Ryan Heimer and Heathur of Longview10 great grandchildren Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Lois and Richard Stevens of Hooks and numerous nieces and nephews
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister Linda Sherian Coker
A come-and-go visitation is scheduled for Friday January 8th from 5-8 pm at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Fu-neral Home Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9th at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Mt Pleasant with burial to follow at Meadowbrook Gardens in Paris Texas
If you are attending the service please wear a mask and maintain social distancing as per the CDC guide-lines The service will be broadcast on Facebook live through the First Baptist Church Facebook page
Online registry is available at batescoopersloanfu-neralhomecom
Texas passed away Friday January 1 2021 in Dallas Texas Memorial Services will be held Thursday Jan-uary 14 2021 at Dallas Ft Worth National Cemetery at 1 pm in Lane 3 Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
SCOTTJames Larry Scott
passed away on January 2 2021 in Longview Tex-as He was born June 11 1940 in Palestine Texas to James Hansford and Ema Lou Bishop Scott James graduated as an honor student from Palestine High School in 1958 and from University of Texas at Austin with a Physics degree in 1962
He is survived by sister Jonice Hageman Mary Webber (David) and numerous nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents sisters Jenna Si-mons and Lynna Sue Wilkerson
He was an accomplished musician on Organ Pia-no and Saxophone While still in High school he gave community concerts on the organ and sat 1st chair saxophone in the University of Texas band where he had the opportunity to perform for President Kenne-dyrsquos presidential inauguration in 1961 Throughout his life he never lost his love for music and served as church pianist and organist at First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant for years until illness prevented him from continuing
After graduating college he worked in Washing-ton DC in the census department and then for TRW where he contracted with NASA in Houston as a math-ematician working on several of the Apollo missions
He loved his family dearly and in his later years moved to Mt Pleasant where he cared for his mother to whom he was totally devoted
A memorial service will be held at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant on Friday Janu-ary 15 2021 at 200 PM with family visitation at 100 PM
Memorials may be made to The Cancer Society or a Charity of your choice
An online registry will be available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
James Larry Scott
UT Health East Texas opens COVID-19 vaccinations to high-risk individualsUT Health East Texas on Monday will begin provid-
ing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk members of the public Vaccines will be given by appointment only
The vaccine will be available to those who meet the Texas Department of State Health Services criteria for Phase 1A or 1B of the statersquos vaccine allocation plan Phase 1A includes healthcare workers first and last responders and residents of long-term care facilities Phase 1B includes those 65 and older and those 18 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19
UT Health is the only healthcare system in East Texas to be selected by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a mass vaccine location UT Health is slated to receive 1500 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will be given on an appointment only first-come first-served basis
Individuals who meet the criteria for Phase 1A and 1B can make an appointment using this link
httpswwwsignupgeniuscomgoUTThe vaccines will be given at UT Health North
Campus Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Appointment time slots are available from 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday Anyone wanting a vaccine must have an appointment vac-cines for walk-ins will not be available
There is no charge for the vaccine but residents are asked to bring their insurance card to their ap-pointment During the appointment residents will be registered vaccinated and monitored for 15 min-utes during which time a second appointment will be scheduled The Moderna vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart
ldquoWe take our role in vaccinating the public very seriously to help bring this virus under control It continues to spread rapidly in our communities so the sooner we can get people vaccinated the betterrdquo said Dr Tom Cummins chief medical officer for UT Health East Texas ldquoOur caregivers are seeing the devastation of this virus every single day We are see-ing record numbers of people in our hospitals with COVID-19 so it is still extremely important for all East Texans to continue to do the things wersquove been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic mdash wearing a mask washing your hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings We know these things work to slow the spread of the virusrdquo
About UT Health East Texas
UT Health East Texas provides care to thousands of patients each year through an extensive regional net-work that includes 10 hospitals more than 50 clinics the Olympic Plaza Tower 13 regional rehabilitation
facilities two freestanding emergency centers region-al home health services covering 41 counties an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicop-ters and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network including the regionrsquos only Level 1 trauma facility
As a partner with The University of Texas System UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to pro-vide patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health profes-sionals The nationally recognized UT System also in-
cludes UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas as well as three other major university medical centers located throughout the state
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Mount Pleasant Tribune
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
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the parent company of Mount Pleasant based Guar-anty Bank amp Trust NA yesterday announced it has leased the south wing with over 15000 square feet of the Region 8 Service Center in Pittsburg Guar-antyrsquos Operations Center handles all deposit oper-ations wires and the customer service and Call Center for the bankrsquos 31 bank locations throughout the state
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The purpose of this meeting is to discuss Harts Bluff ISDrsquos rating on the statersquos financial accountability system
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Pleasant TX
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Williams Administrative Assistant
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Mount Pleasant TX 75455
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and item to be bid marked clearly on the
lower left-hand corner of the envelope
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aloud at Mount Pleasant Texas at 1000
am on January 21 2020 in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall 501 N
Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
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SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
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riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
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ties 530 pm
Basketball
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500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
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bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
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bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
bull MPJH Girls Mount Vernon (away) 900 am
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E H A R D - W O R K I N G S T U D E N T S
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Luiz Olvera
Layne Pinckard
Micah Tucker
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SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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Updated Property Tax Information Now
Available for Texas TaxpayersTitus County mdash New and updated property tax information has just been compiled by Titus County Appraisal District and is available now to assist taxpayers This property tax information is current and covers a wide range of topics such as tax-payer remedies exemptions and appraisals and has information for select groups such as disabled veterans and persons age 65 or older
ldquoIt is important for all taxpayers (homeowners business owners disabled veteran etc) to know your rights concerning property tax lawsrdquo said Shirley Dickerson Chief Appraiser of the Titus County Appraisal District ldquoYou can contact us about any property tax issues with full confidence that we will provide you the most com-plete accurate and up-to-date available information to assist yourdquo
This includes information about the following programs
bull Property Tax Exemptions for Disabled Veterans - The law provides partial exemptions for any property owned by disabled veterans or surviving spouses and surviving children of deceased disabled veterans Another partial exemption is for homesteads donated to disabled veterans by charitable organizations at no cost or not more than 50 percent of the good faith estimate of the homesteadrsquos market val-ue to the disabled veterans and their surviving spouses The exemption amount is determined according to percentage of service-connected disability The law also provides a 100 percent homestead exemption for 100 percent service-connect-ed disabled veterans and their surviving spouses and surviving spouses of US armed service members killed in action
bull Property Tax Exemptions ndash Non-profit organizations that meet statutory require-ments may seek property tax exemptions and must apply to their county appraisal district by a specific date Businesses that qualify may receive tax abatements if granted by taxing units ship inventory out of Texas store certain goods in transit in warehouses that are moved within 175 days may be eligible for the freeport exemption construct install or acquire pollution control property own and operate energy storage systems convert landfill-generated gas or store offshore drilling equipment while not in use may also be eligible for statutory exemptions
bull Rendering Taxable Property - If a business owns tangible personal property that is used to produce income the business must file a rendition with its local county appraisal district by a specified date Personal property includes inventory and equipment used by a business Owners do not have to render exempt property such as church property or an agriculture producerrsquos equipment used for farming
bull Appraisal Notices ndash Normally taxpayers receive a notice of appraised value from the Titus county appraisal district The city county school districts and other local taxing units will use the appraisal districtrsquos value to set property taxes for the coming year
bull Property Taxpayer Remedies ndash This Comptroller publication explains in detail how to protest a property appraisal what issues the county appraisal review board (ARB) can consider and what to expect during a protest hearing The publication also discusses the options of taking a taxpayerrsquos case to district court the State Office of Administrative Hearings or binding arbitration if the taxpayer is dissatisfied with the outcome of the ARB hearing
bull Homestead Exemptions ndash A homestead is generally defined as the home and land used as the ownerrsquos principal residence on Jan 1 of the tax year A home-stead exemption reduces the appraised value of the home and as a result lowers property taxes Applications are submitted to the Titus county appraisal district NOTE- Applications for homestead exemptions are free and available online or in our office
bull Productivity Appraisal ndash Property owners who use land for timberland produc-tion agricultural purposes or wildlife management can be granted property tax re-lief on their land They may apply to Titus county appraisal district for an agricultural appraisal which may result in a lower appraisal of the land based on production versus market value NOTE- These applications are free and available online or in our office
bull Residence Homestead Tax Deferral - Texas homeowners may postpone pay-ing the currently delinquent property taxes due on the appreciating value of their homes by filing a tax deferral affidavit at the appraisal district This tax relief allows homeowners to pay the property taxes on 105 percent of the preceding yearrsquos ap-praised value of their homestead plus the taxes on any new improvements to the homestead The remaining taxes are postponed but not cancelled with interest accruing at 8 percent per year
bull Property Tax Deferral for Persons Age 65 or Older or Disabled or Disabled Veteran Homeowners ndash Texans who are age 65 or older or disabled as defined by law or who qualify for a disabled veteran exemption may postpone paying cur-rent and delinquent property taxes on their homes by signing a tax deferral affida-vit Once the affidavit is on file taxes are deferred but not cancelled as long as the owner continues to own and live in the home Interest continues to accrue at 5 percent per year on the unpaid taxes You may obtain a deferral affidavit at the appraisal district
bull Notice of Availability of Electronic Communication ndash In appraisal districts located in counties with a population of more than 200000 or that have autho-rized electronic communications and that have implemented a system that allows such communications chief appraisers and ARBs may communicate electronically through email or other media with property owners or their designated represen-tatives Written agreements are required for notices and other documents to be delivered electronically instead of mailing NOTE- Titus County does not qualify for the availability of electronic communication
bull Protesting Property Appraisal Values ndash Property owners who disagree with the appraisal districtrsquos appraisal of their property for local taxes or for any other action that adversely affects them may protest their property value to the appraisal districtrsquos ARB
For more information about these programs go by the Titus County Appraisal District at 2404 W Ferguson Road Mount Pleasant or write to PO Box 528 Mount Pleasant TX 75456 Titus County Appraisal Districtrsquos web site which has additional information can be located at wwwtitus-cadorg Information is also available on the Comptrollerrsquos Property Tax Assistance Divisionrsquos website at comptrollertexasgovtaxesproperty-tax
Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association held their Cowboy Ball
Northeast Texas Community College announced that due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the area and in accordance with Governor Greg Abbottrsquos latest orders the in-person summer graduation originally scheduled for August 14 was canceled
A Walmart altercation led to a weapon being drawn by a local woman
Texas Education Agency announced guidelines for the new school year to mitigate the spread of COVID-19
Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer Juan Hernandez Officer Angel Mendoza and Sergeant Bryan Denney were each presented the Life Saving Award by Interim Police Chief Kyle Holcomb in recognition of their heroic efforts to render aid to a resident who would have bled to death without their quick thinking and professional training
UIL set new guidelines for fall extracurricular activities
Review Continued from page 1
Titus County COVID-19 cases reached 1165A local man perished in a house fire on Alexander RoadTexas AampM discovered that COVID can infect petsThe Texas Education Agency decided that the STAAR test would not determine
promotion or retention of fifth and eighth-gradersAugustAllegations of sexual harassment were made against City Manager Ed Thatcher
The complainant was terminated from her position with the CityTRMC CEO Terry Scoggin described the healthcare networkrsquos COVID treat-
ment and proceduresThe City of Mount Pleasant was sued by former City Manager Mike AhrensThe City of Mount Pleasant hired Mark Buhman as the new Police ChiefA one-year-old boy was tragically killed when his father accidentally struck him
with a vehicleHarts Bluff announced their plans for a new early college high school in partner-
ship with NTCCLee Gonzales 33 of Mount Pleasant and Santa Guadalupe Lozada 34 of Mount
Pleasant were arrested for unauthorized use of vehicle engaging in organized criminal activity and a Camp County warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity Gonzales was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a Texas parole warrant
Pat Fallon took the congressional district 4 nomination in a landslide voteIn a letter from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commissionrsquos executive director
released on August 10 the organization stated that bars that have previously been forced to close due to COVID-19 had reopening options
The father of a fatal accident victim sought additional safety measures on US 271
The City of Mount Pleasant welcomed John Ankrum as the new Building Offi-cial
A one-vehicle accident turned fatal when the car was submerged in water off of I-30
Demolition began on the Hideout buildingPlans were made to dedicate Forest Lawn Cemetery to Ricky and Kelly BakerThe City of Mount Pleasant announced that an application would be submitted
for the Texas Capital Fund Main Street Program through the Texas Department of Agriculture for a grant amounting to $500000
The Tribune welcomed their new editorA newly purchased Lincoln pick-up truck collided with the front wall of Brook-
shirersquos on Ferguson RoadTitus County Judge Brian Lee announced that the free COVID testing would
continueA strike team that included UT Health East Texas EMS crews departed to help in
the wake of storms that could hit the Texas Gulf CoastThe proposed budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year was released by the City of
Mount Pleasant The MPISD Board of Trustees voted to reduce the tax rate from $134 to $12917
for the coming year a reduction of $0483SeptemberMount Pleasant High School advanced senior art student Mya Clark designed
and painted barrels to be used in the 2020 MPRA RodeoA 55-year-old Titus County Texas man and a 54-year-old federal inmate plead-
ed guilty to a bribery conspiracyThe countyrsquos COVID death toll reached 25Rodolfo Javier Falcon 36 of Titus County Texas pleaded guilty to conspiring to
distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug proceeds Jose Armando Rosales-Bernal 27 of Dallas County Texas pleaded guilty to con-spiring to distribute controlled substances and agreed to forfeit $4 million in drug proceeds
Fire Chief Larry McRae led a strike team in California to fight the catastrophic fires raging in the area
The Ovarian Cancer Awareness Benefit raised $5500The announcement of Municipal Judge Jerry Wessonrsquos retirement was made and
the City Council swore in former Titus County Justice of the Peace Kay McNutt as the new Municipal Judge
Governor Abbott announced expanded business reopeningsOn September 21 a dedication ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in
honor of Ricky and Kelly BakerAt a special meeting of the Titus County Commissioners Court held on Sep-
tember 21 commissioners adopted a new Titus County tax rate lowering it from 4742 to 4679
The annual Women in Business Luncheon was held Sept 23 with Tammy White-hurst performing a motivational speech
Pilgrimrsquos invested $15 million in Mt Pleasant to support the local community as part of new Hometown Strong initiative
Sweet Shop USA received a special honor from the US Surgeon General and the Deputy of Health and Human Services for their work in making masks
The Strides for Blue 122 event kicked off in Mount Pleasant
Page 4 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
ObituariesINGRAM
Services for Rachel Marie Ingram 45 of Hughes Springs were 1100 am Monday January 4 2021 at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Bradfield Chapel in Daingerfield under the direction of Reed-er-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs
Ms Ingram was born September 2 1975 and passed away December 30 2020 and was a member of the US Navy
There will be a time of visitation Sunday evening from 500 until 700 pm at the funeral home
CHAFFINServices for Gaybe Chaffin will be 200 pm Tuesday
January 5 2021at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Veal Switch Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home of Hughes Springs There will be a time of visitation from 600 pm until 800 pm Monday evening at the funeral home
Gabye Chaffin was born March 23 1942 and passed away December 31 2020 in Longview
McNUTTJohnny Floyd McNutt 64 passed away on Decem-
ber 29 2020 in Gilmer TX He was born on June 12 1956 in Pittsburg TX to Floyd McNutt and Ruth Chance McNutt
He is survived by his loving wife Juli McNutt sons Brian McNutt Dylan McNutt and Jared McNutt daughter and son-in-law Maren McNutt and Aaron Nicholson 4 grandchildren Andrew Nicholson Ian Nicholson Lucy Nicholson and Abby Durrant sister Martha Bullard
Johnny was preceded in death by his loving parents and sister Nancy Hall
A memorial service will be held at a later dateMemorial donations can be made to the Alzheimerrsquos
Association
TRAYLORTwana Jean Traylor 51
a resident of Mt Pleasant Texas died Monday De-cember 28 2020 in Mt Pleasant Private Grave-side Service (immediate family only) Friday Janu-ary 8 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direction of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born February 5 1969 in Mt Pleasant Texas
There will be no public viewing Private viewing with the family only Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymortuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice so-cial distancing at all locations
DAVILAArthur C Davila Jr age
71 of Scroggins Texas passed away on Thursday December 31 2020 in Mt Pleasant Texas
The family will receive friends and family on Tuesday January 5 2021 from 500 ndash 700 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Funeral Service will be on Wednesday January 6 2021 at 200 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Pastor Franklin String-ham Sr and Franklin Stringham Jr will be officiat-ing Interment will be at Mount Vernon City Ceme-tery
Arthur was born on July 9 1949 to Arturo and To-masa (Covos) Davila in Hargill Texas He married Juanita Lozano on November 9 1976 in Levelland Texas Arthur was a veteran serving in the United States Army in Vietnam He worked as a lead mainte-nance supervisor at Pilgrims Pride He was a member of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Agapito Davila and Juan Davila
Arthur is survived by his wife of 44 years Juanita Davila of Scroggins Texas sons Tomas Davila of San Diego California David Davila of Mount Vernon Texas and John Davila of Pittsburg Texas daughter Yasmine Davila of Scroggins Texas 4 grandchildren Kaleb Kelsey Kylee Sadie Davila 1 great grandchild Hazleigh Davila sisters Hope Cantu Janie Riggs Minga Romero Lola Olvera Irma Davila Leticia Davila and Carmen Garcia brothers Starky Davila Camilo Davila and Eppy Davila
Online condolences can be made at wwwsamhar-veyfuneralhomecom
Services entrusted to Sam B Harvey Funeral Home
KIDWELLOscar George Kidwell 88 of Mount Pleasant passed
away on January 4 2021 He was born on June 18 1932 in Mount Pleasant to RO ldquoBobrdquo Kidwell and Evie Garretson Kidwell
He was a member of First Baptist Church Cookville and was a veteran of the United States Air Force
George is survived by his loving wife Lois Taylor Kidwell of Mount Pleasant son and daughter-in-law Larry and Mechele Kidwell of Cheyenne Wyoming son and daughter-in-law Terry and Linda Kidwell of Magnolia son and spouse Rickey and Jerri Cannon of Sandia step son and spouse Jerry and Joyce Cook
of Mount Pleasant step son Jeff Seaton of Cookville step daughter and spouse Brenda and Pat Howard of Daingerfield step daughter and spouse Connie and Jimmy McCollum of Mount Pleasant grandchildren Emily Kidwell Michelle and Chatham Clary Trisha Christian Cheryl and Shelton Eubanks numerous great grandchildren numerous nieces and nephews and brother and sister-in-law Roger and Betty Kidwell of Pittsburg
He was preceded in death by his first wife Lorene Ballard Kidwell sisters Elaine Coe Billie Cason Betty Moon and Winnie Cochran and brothers Bill Kid-well and RL Kidwell
A service will be held on Thursday January 7 2021 at 200 PM at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home A visitation will be held from 100 PM to 200 PM on Thursday January 7 2021 at the funeral home
Memorial donations may be made to Chambers Home Health and Hospice or to the First Baptist Church Cookville
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
GIBSONMary Lou Madison Gibson 92 passed away in Mt
Pleasant on January 5 2021 She was born on Octo-ber 8 1928 to Charley and Annie Wright Madison Mary was a member of Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church
Survived by sons John Madison ldquoMatrdquo Gibson (Ludy) of Mt Pleasant Jerry Wayne Gibson (Deb-bie) of Mt Pleasant Charles Henry Gibson (Sonja) of Jacksonville AR Thomas Glyn Gibson of Cookville Daughters Janis Lea Sparks Linda Lou Kelley Anna Marie Henderson (Darrell) of Cookville Grandchil-dren Kenneth David Sparks Jr (Ashley) Diane Phipps (Brad) Samantha Lea Ferrell (Layton) Katie Sparks Christina Gibson Krista Shackelford (Ronnie) Bob-by Dean Smith Heather Michelle Sears (Kary) Jami Renea Kelley Robert Sharp Jennifer Marie McCollum (Wesley) Jeffery Wayne Gibson (Hollie) Jessica Ma-rie Hanna (Joe) Matasha Ross (Jose) Dusti Sanders (Tony) Mitch Gibson and Anissa Vissering John Le-land ldquoLeerdquo Gibson Wendi Sue Gibson Stephen Todd Belk (Tiffany) Lorne Key Adams Stephanie Valenzu-ela 29 Great Grandchildren 7 Great-great grandchil-dren and counting
Preceded in death by parents husband John E Gibson sons Walter Carl Gibson Bobby Dean Gib-son Son-in-laws Kenneth David Sparks Sr James Ray Kelley granddaughter Kathey Ann Kelley Sharp grandson Clayton Cameron
Funeral service will be at 200 PM on Saturday Janu-ary 9 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Chapel Family will receive friends one-hour prior service from 1-2 PM Bro Shawn Findley will officiate with burial following at Lone Star Cemetery
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
HOLMESDoris Gean Holmes 75 a resident of Mt Pleasant
Texas died Wednesday January 6 2021 in Mt Pleas-ant Private Graveside Service (immediate family only) Saturday January 9 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direc-tion of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born October 26 1945 in Mt Pleasant Texas
Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymor-tuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice social distancing at all locations
CAMERONRichard Loyd Cameron was born to Howard A and
Annie Loura Gibbs Cameron on October 11 1929 in Argo Texas His father died when he was 2 years old and brother 4 years old His mother married a wid-ower Jim Bell when they were 6 and 8 acquiring a 7-year-old brother On his 16th birthday his parents were blessed with a baby Now these older brothers had a baby brother Jerry They were raised in a Chris-tian home attending Bethel Church of Christ
Loyd as he was known to family and friends went to work at an early age as a well as the brothers for vari-ous jobs At 15 years of age he took his first construc-tion job for Brown amp Root in Dumas Texas Saving his salary for the coming senior year After graduating from High school in 1947 later joining the US Air Force serving 3 years He had many memories of this time in Saudi Arabia He made many slides that his family have enjoyed for years He married Janice Ter-rell on July 2 1955 They followed pipeline construc-tion work for three years and Janice wanted to move home to Argo After moving back he went to work for the Postal Service Loyd was known to always be ready to help his family and neighbors He was a mem-ber of Church of Christ and attending services at Argo Missionary Baptist with his family and friends Loved being a descendant of Archie Cameron
After retirement from the US Postal Service (30 + years) he and Janice enjoyed traveling across US in their motorhome attending rallyrsquos and visiting friends and family Loyd was an avid fisherman which he en-joyed immensely Everyone would ask him when and where are the fish biting
He was so good with grandkids Many trips were made to camping at the lake The whole day was spent pulling the kids on tubes as long as they wanted Many lessons were learned as they set with fishing pole in
hand They all loved and respected their grandpaSurvived by his wife Janice of 65 years Sons Den-
nis Cameron (Kim) of Mt Pleasant Howard Camer-on (Mitzi) of Mt Pleasant daughter Regina Blythe of Rockwall grandchildren Amy Caddell Dennis Cameron Jr Elizabeth Pullen (James Chelsy Carwile (Justin) Katelyn Johnson (Eric) 9 great granddaugh-ters 1 great grandson and 2 step grandchildren Bran-don Blythe (Melissa) Christie Cheek (David) and their families brothers HE Cameron Jerry Bell numer-ous nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents Howard Cameron Jim and Annie Bell stepbrothers James Bell Paul Bell brother-in-law John Marion Terrell sister-in-law Glenda Terrell son-in-law Ben Blythe
Funeral service will be 200 PM Sunday January 10 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home with Bro Randal Crawley officiating Burial will follow at Liber-ty Hill Cemetery
Memorial donations in memory of Richard Loyd Cameron may be made to Liberty Hill Cemetery
We are committed to follow the guidelines provid-ed by CDC The Cameron family respectfully requests that anyone attending service please wear a face mask for the safety of all attendance
Online registry is now available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
THOMPSONCynthia Gandy Thomp-
son passed in peace at the age of 84 on January 4 2021 in Rockport Texas She had suffered a stroke in mid-December 2020
She was born June 9 1936 in rural Northeast Texas Franklin County to R B and Dahlia Gan-dy Along with her par-ents and 3 brothers she helped on the family farm during the depression years picking cotton canning vegetables and raising farm animals She married young had 2 children David Thompson of Austin and Donna Thompson Broach of Rockport while gradual-ly obtaining her GED Bachelor and Masterrsquos degrees and CPA certification She worked in the accounting field for over 50 years before retiring to Rockport her ldquoParadiserdquo as she called it where she enjoyed the salt air and walks on the beach Education was highly val-ued and she was greatly supportive to her children and grandchildren as they all are college graduates some with advanced degrees Her hobbies through the years included water skiing and camping with her children snow skiing and international travel with her grand-children and keeping a lovely home and garden that all felt welcome to visit She was a die-hard football fan especially high school and college games
The greatest commitment during her adult years was to her church community She was a lifelong Baptist until moving to Rockport where she found fellowship and became a member of the First United Methodist Church She was active as a Sunday School and VBS teacher church greeter and volunteer at the com-munity thrift shop Castaways until health concerns limited her ability to participate Daily she would get in her ldquoprayer closetrdquo to pray for family and friends Throughout the years she made many wonderful friendships through her church family who she valued greatly
She was preceded in death by her parents broth-ers RB Jr and Robert Jackson Gandy She is sur-vived by her brother Winfred Gandy (Jeanette) of Edna TX Her children David Thompson of Austin Donna Broach (Micki) of Rockport Grandchildren Josh Broach (Jaton) Ryan Thompson (Robin) Sarah Broach Sturm (Anthony) Lauren Thompson Madden (Wales) and Marshall Thompson (Meagan) She also had greatgrands which were the light of her life She was deeply loved and will be missed as our mom Ma-moiMemoi and Mamo
Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate Proverbs 3131
A private celebration of her life will be scheduled at a later date Donations may be made in her name to First United Methodist Church childrenrsquos ministry at 801 E Main St Rockport Texas 78382 or a charity of your choice
Online condolences may be left at wwwcharliemar-shallfuneralhomescom Arrangements entrusted to
Charlie Marshall Funeral Home814 E Main Rockport Texas 78382 361-729-2451
MALONEThe home going that Reverend Don Malone
preached about so often became reality for him at about 2 am on January 4 2021 at the age of 84 Don was born January 21 1936 in a house in a community called Rockford Texas located 14 miles southeast of Paris in Lamar County to Samuel Odis Malone and Viola Denny Malone
Don attended Elementary school and most of Jr High and High School at Paris ISD however he also attended Hooks Jr High in 8th grade and Hooks High School for the 2nd semester of his senior year And that is where he met a cute girl named Margaret Prat-er Don and Margaret began a 66-year love story at the end of their senior year of 1954 and married Septem-ber 2 1954 In 1957 Don and Margaret dedicated their lives to God and began attending the Hooks Assembly of God Church along with their young son Terry In 1961 Don accepted his calling into the Ministry spe-cifically to Pastor He loved Pastoring because he loved
LOCAL
Twana Jean Taylor
Arthur C Davila Jr
Cynthia Gandy Thompson
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 5
RamirezSoledad Flores Adame Ramirez 77 of Mexico passed
away Friday December 25 2020 Funeral Mass will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 2 pm at St Michaelrsquos Catholic Church in Mt Pleasant Texas Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery in Mt Pleasant Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Hollins Mr Antheley M Hollins 51 of Pittsburg Texas
passed away Saturday January 2 2021 in Dallas Texas Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 11 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg Texas Interment will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
PeekDavid Lynn Peek 52 of Clarksville Texas passed away
Monday January 4 2021 in Clarksville Texas Services are pending under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
BoydKena Boyd 59 of Mt Pleasant Texas passed away
Tuesday January 5 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Schneck Eldns Schneck 67 of Pittsburg Texas passed away
Wednesday January 6 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Thomas Navy Veteran Queennie E Thomas 87 of Pittsburg
LOCAL
Obituariespeople His first pastorate was at the age of 24 at the Talco Assembly of God He served there from 1961 to January of 1968 when he accepted a pastorate at Shady Grove Assembly of God in Grand Prairie Texas He loved the people of Grand Prairie but he wasnrsquot a fan of city living So in May of 1969 he returned to Talco AG for another eight years until May of 1977 He then pastored Dellwood Park AG in Mt Pleasant from 1978-1981 and began his final pastorate at Bible Chris-tian Assembly AG on August 2 1981 He served there for 24 wonderful years until his retirement on January 1 2005 In addition to being called Pastor Don was also called faithful Husband Father (Daddy) Grand-father (Papaw) and Great-Grandfather and he fulfilled each of these roles with excellence He will forever hold a special place in their hearts He is deeply loved and will be dearly missed by his family and those who called him friend Don had another love in addition to God his family his church people and his friends He loved Southern Gospel Music In the early 70rsquos he had the opportunity to do a weekly southern gospel music show on KIMP the local radio station Every Sunday afternoon for one hour many locals tuned in to the Gospel Music Time radio show This led to a part-time job as a DJ at KIMP and made his voice a familiar one to many people
He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 66 years Margaret His children Terry and June Malone of Mt Vernon Paula and Donny Heimer of Kilgore Karen and Joe Whitaker of Mt Pleasant his grandchildren Chris Heimer and Brandi of Kilgore Tessara Malone and Josh of Fate Jonathan Whitaker and Casey of Omaha Janessa Stewart and Joshua of Longview Joel Whitaker and Kaitlyn of Daingerfield and Ryan Heimer and Heathur of Longview10 great grandchildren Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Lois and Richard Stevens of Hooks and numerous nieces and nephews
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister Linda Sherian Coker
A come-and-go visitation is scheduled for Friday January 8th from 5-8 pm at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Fu-neral Home Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9th at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Mt Pleasant with burial to follow at Meadowbrook Gardens in Paris Texas
If you are attending the service please wear a mask and maintain social distancing as per the CDC guide-lines The service will be broadcast on Facebook live through the First Baptist Church Facebook page
Online registry is available at batescoopersloanfu-neralhomecom
Texas passed away Friday January 1 2021 in Dallas Texas Memorial Services will be held Thursday Jan-uary 14 2021 at Dallas Ft Worth National Cemetery at 1 pm in Lane 3 Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
SCOTTJames Larry Scott
passed away on January 2 2021 in Longview Tex-as He was born June 11 1940 in Palestine Texas to James Hansford and Ema Lou Bishop Scott James graduated as an honor student from Palestine High School in 1958 and from University of Texas at Austin with a Physics degree in 1962
He is survived by sister Jonice Hageman Mary Webber (David) and numerous nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents sisters Jenna Si-mons and Lynna Sue Wilkerson
He was an accomplished musician on Organ Pia-no and Saxophone While still in High school he gave community concerts on the organ and sat 1st chair saxophone in the University of Texas band where he had the opportunity to perform for President Kenne-dyrsquos presidential inauguration in 1961 Throughout his life he never lost his love for music and served as church pianist and organist at First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant for years until illness prevented him from continuing
After graduating college he worked in Washing-ton DC in the census department and then for TRW where he contracted with NASA in Houston as a math-ematician working on several of the Apollo missions
He loved his family dearly and in his later years moved to Mt Pleasant where he cared for his mother to whom he was totally devoted
A memorial service will be held at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant on Friday Janu-ary 15 2021 at 200 PM with family visitation at 100 PM
Memorials may be made to The Cancer Society or a Charity of your choice
An online registry will be available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
James Larry Scott
UT Health East Texas opens COVID-19 vaccinations to high-risk individualsUT Health East Texas on Monday will begin provid-
ing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk members of the public Vaccines will be given by appointment only
The vaccine will be available to those who meet the Texas Department of State Health Services criteria for Phase 1A or 1B of the statersquos vaccine allocation plan Phase 1A includes healthcare workers first and last responders and residents of long-term care facilities Phase 1B includes those 65 and older and those 18 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19
UT Health is the only healthcare system in East Texas to be selected by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a mass vaccine location UT Health is slated to receive 1500 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will be given on an appointment only first-come first-served basis
Individuals who meet the criteria for Phase 1A and 1B can make an appointment using this link
httpswwwsignupgeniuscomgoUTThe vaccines will be given at UT Health North
Campus Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Appointment time slots are available from 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday Anyone wanting a vaccine must have an appointment vac-cines for walk-ins will not be available
There is no charge for the vaccine but residents are asked to bring their insurance card to their ap-pointment During the appointment residents will be registered vaccinated and monitored for 15 min-utes during which time a second appointment will be scheduled The Moderna vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart
ldquoWe take our role in vaccinating the public very seriously to help bring this virus under control It continues to spread rapidly in our communities so the sooner we can get people vaccinated the betterrdquo said Dr Tom Cummins chief medical officer for UT Health East Texas ldquoOur caregivers are seeing the devastation of this virus every single day We are see-ing record numbers of people in our hospitals with COVID-19 so it is still extremely important for all East Texans to continue to do the things wersquove been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic mdash wearing a mask washing your hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings We know these things work to slow the spread of the virusrdquo
About UT Health East Texas
UT Health East Texas provides care to thousands of patients each year through an extensive regional net-work that includes 10 hospitals more than 50 clinics the Olympic Plaza Tower 13 regional rehabilitation
facilities two freestanding emergency centers region-al home health services covering 41 counties an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicop-ters and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network including the regionrsquos only Level 1 trauma facility
As a partner with The University of Texas System UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to pro-vide patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health profes-sionals The nationally recognized UT System also in-
cludes UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas as well as three other major university medical centers located throughout the state
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Mount Pleasant Tribune
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
The View From A FarrBy TRACY FARR
Contributing Writer
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The Greenhill Villas
ASSEMBLY OF GODLIVING TRUTH FELLOWSHIP523 Dunn St Jason amp Staci Mays Pastor WS 1030 am amp 6 pm Wed 7pm
DELLWOOD PARK ASSEMBLY OF GODPastor Cade Rich Sun 1030am amp 6pm Wed 630pm Tues prayer meeting 1000am Womenrsquos Bible Study amp Dinner at 545 pm on Thursdays dellwoodparkagchurchcom
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD2115 Edwards Don White Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 9 am amp 7 pm
VICTORY CHURCH102 Fulton St Pittsburg Tom Reamm WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed wwwmyvictorychurchnet
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 S Bogata Mark Jones Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
FUENTE DE AGUA VIVA TEMPLO CRISTIANO 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant TX 75455 Juan Y Maria Martinez Escuela Dominical 100 pm Alabanza 200 pm Martes 700 pm
ST PAUL AME302 East Seventh William Kelly Rev
TALCO ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 South Lonnie Fortner Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
TEMPLO CRISTIANO ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS414 N Jefferson Juan Garcia Min Oracion Martes y jueves 9 am Domingo 5 pm Miercoles Estudio de la Biblia 7 pm Sabado servicio
CENTRO DE ALABANZA919 East 3rd St Josue F Luna SS 115pm WS 300pm Tues Men Women amp Children Ministery 700 pm Thursday WS 700pm
BAPTISTARGO BAPTIST 141 CR 3360 Bro Randll Crawley Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
BIBLE BAPTIST1312 E Ferguson David Kealer Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
BIBLEWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST908 Gibson Ave Bertrand Bailey Min SS 930 am WS 11 am
BLUNDIS CREEK BAPTISTFM 127 Lewis Fluellen Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 730 pm
CIRCLE C COWBOY CHURCHlocated at 1757 FM 3417 James Baker Min WS 1030 am Sunday
CHOCTAW BAPTIST1310 Alexander Bro Dwight Sharp MinSS 10 am SW 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
CHRISTIAN FAITH BAPTIST212 Magnolia Bro Michael White WS 1030 am amp 600 pm Wed Bible Study 700 pm
CONCORD MISSIONARY BAPTISTOmaha Nolan Richey Min SS 10 am WS 1050 am amp 600 pm Wed 6 pm
COOKVILLE FIRST BAPTISTHwy 67E Brother Rust Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
CYPRESS MISSIONARY BAPTISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
DAMASCUS MISSIONARY BAPTISTFM 1734 Chuck Hinson Pastor SS 10 am WS 11 am
EAST NEW HOPE BAPTISTRte 1 Chapel Hill Road Don Shirley Pastor SS 10 am
EAST SIDE BAPTIST1808 East First St Tommy Milam Min SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 600 pm Wed 600 pm
FARMERS ACADEMY MISSIONARY BAPTISTOld Dallas Hwy 889 SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH2201 Tx Hwy 49 DrClint Davis Min SS 815 930 amp 1045 am WS 930 amp1045 am amp 630 pm Wed 6 pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OMAHA200 Senter Keith Lauter Pastor SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed 630 pm
GLADEWATER BAPTIST5 mi N on Harts Bluff Rd Pastor Jeff Footer SS 10 am WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed 6 pm
GRACE BAPTIST512 Yates Mt Vernon Daniel Ledford Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
GRACE TEMPLE MISSIONARY BAPTISTW Fourth at N Miller Rex Newman Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 4 pm Sunday
HARRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST1226 CR 3910 Ricky Vestel Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
HEART OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH7835 N1402 SS 10 am WS 11 am
HICKORY HILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTChapel Hill ComtyGary BassMin
HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTTony Lawson 2801 S Jefferson SS 930 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630pm
HILLCREST BAPTISTMemorial amp 18th St SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
IGLESIA TABERNACULO DE LAS BUENAS NUEVASHwy 49 E Domingo 10 am Escuela Dominical 6 pm Serv Evangelistico Miercoles 7 pm Oracion Viernes 7 pm Ensentildeanza Minister Jose C Sanchez
IGLESIA BAUTISTA BET EL1320 E Ferguson Tim Zepeda Min Escuela Dominical 10 am Hora de Alabanzas 11 am Estudios Biblicos 6 pm Estudios Biblicos (Mieacutercoles) 7pm
LIBERTY BAPTIST210 Daingerfield StNaples Hugh Gibbs Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm
LIBERTY HILL BAPTISTArgo Rd Bob Griffith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
LIBERTY MISSIONARY BAPTISTIntersection of Hwy 127 amp 21 Tracey Campbell SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
LONE STAR MISSIONARY BAPTISTLone Star Community SS 10 am WS 11 am
MACON BAPTISTHwy 21 SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
MAPLE SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTISTHwy 71E Dwayne Wilson SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
MONTICELLO MISSIONARY BAPTISTFarm Road 127 and SW 15 Ronnie Steward Min
MOUNT GILMORE BAPTISTS Martin Luther King Ave amp School Street Her-bert Jones Min SS 945 WS 11 am WED 7 pm
MT MORIAH BAPTISTInterim Pastor Ken Cox SS 10 AM WS 11 AM amp 6 PM Wed 6 PM
MT OLIVE BAPTIST131 OrsquoTyson Kirthell Roberts Min Early Worship 830 am SS 945 am WS 1100 am WS (Adult) 400pm (Youth) 630pm
MT PLEASANT BAPTISTHwy 67 W Frank Stringham Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 515 pm Wed 700 pm
MT SYLVIA MISSIONARY BAPTISTRt 8 Michael Thompson Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
NEVILLS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTISTHarts Bluff Road Shawn Findley Min SS 9 am WS 10 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
NEW BEGINNING BAPTIST CHURCH21 County Road 1350 Bill Whitaker Minister SS 1000 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OLD UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST67 E Roger Oney Min SS 10 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
PINEY CREEK BAPTIST268 CR 1680 CJ Shelton Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
PLEASANT GROVE BAPTISTBroCraig Stuart Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 6 pm
RIPLEY BAPTIST2760 N Jefferson SS 945 am WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 630 pm
ST MATTHEW BAPTIST1317 East 8th St JC Fountain Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
SNOWHILL BAPTIST11 mi east of Mt Pleasant on Hwy 49 Dan Hill Min
SOUTH JEFFERSON BAPTISTS Jefferson at Magnolia Tommy Oglesby Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
SPRINGHILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTUnion Hill Rd Jon Wisner Min
SUNSET BAPTIST1407 W Seventh St George W Rape Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
TRINITY BAPTIST2830 Ferguson Rd Bible Study 930 Worship Service 11am Pastor Chris Wigley
UNION CHAPEL BAPTISTPittsburg LJ Haskins Sr Min
UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTISTTitus Co Exten Bldg Pastor Eddie Bratton Jr SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
WHITE OAK BAPTISTRt 4 White Oak Charles Burns Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 630 pm
CATHOLICST MICHAELrsquoS CATHOLIC1403 E First Street Father Ariel Cortes Weekly Mass M-F 8am Eng M-F 7pm Span Sat 530 pm Eng Sun 7am Span 9am Eng 11am Span 1pm Span
CHRISTIANFIRST CHRISTIAN105 Redbud Rev James Rawlins Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am
LOGOS CHRISTIAN5th amp Edwards Howard Petty Min SS 945 am WS 1040 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
RENOVACION CRISTIANA Pastor- Jamie Isaac Lopez 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant 903-285-4791 Sunday Worship 1245 PM Thursday Worship 700 PM
CHURCH OF CHRISTBLODGETT CHURCH OF CHRIST9278 FM 127 Pittsburg Larry Black Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
COOKVILLE CHURCH OF CHRISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
NORTH JEFFERSON CHURCH OF CHRIST2311 N Jefferson SS 9 am WS 7pm Sunday Svc 10 am amp 6 pm Min Kris Groda and Jeff Whatley
NORTH RIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST212 East Burton Road (I-30 Access Road SS 930 am Assembly 1030 am WS 630 pm Larry TittleMin
OAK GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST3 12 mi north of I-30 on Harts Bluff Rd SS 945 amWS 1040 am Wed 7 pm
SHEPPARD STREET CHURCH OF CHRISTMiller St at Cash SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm
SOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRISTMinister Drew Nelson 1220 East Ferguson Rd Min SS 945 WS 1030 am amp 5 pm Wed 7pm
CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GODEast Third DG Davis Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
GREATER HOPE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST1398 N Elsye Ave Mt Pleasant Texas Pastor Tony Rundles
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY1 block S of Hwy 67 Cookville Joe Cameron Min SS 10 am Ws11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
MT PLEASANT FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER121 White St Wendell House Pastor 903-920-8201 SS 10 am WS 11 a amp 6 p Wed 630 pm
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECYSugar Hill Wesley Vandever SS 10 am WS 6 pm Wed 730 pm
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTCorner of Lee amp Choctaw Pastor Elder Smith SS 930a Sun Sch 11amTues S 12pm amp7pm Wed noon prayer and Bible S
WHITE OAK CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST445 CR 1697 Elder Jessie Nelson Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTTalco Bethel COGIC601 E Wilson Talco TX 75487 903-379-2304
EPISCOPALST MARKrsquoS EPISCOPAL205 E Pecan Rev Ethel Channon Sun Holy Comm 11am
GOSPELFULL GOSPEL REVIVAL501 Gibson Harold Smith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed amp Sat 8 pm
JEHOVAHrsquoS WITNESSESPublic Talk Sun 10 a Bible Study 7 p
LUTHERANGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN MS2820 West Ferguson Rd Rev Mike Kimmel SS 915 am WS 1030 am
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH WELS6788 FM Hwy 115 Scroggins TX 75480 903-860-3749 9AM SS amp Bible Class 10 AM Worship
METHODISTBRIDGES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST215 CR 1465 Matthew Davis Min WS 915 am SS 1045 am WS 930 am
FARMERrsquoS ACADEMY CONG METHODIST2 mi Hwy 67 West Wayne Collier Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OMAHA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH204 Senter Ave Omaha Rev Jay Barnes Min SS 1040 am WS 930 am Discipleship Study 6 pm
NAPLES FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH201 Cedar at First Pastor Jay Barnes SS 1000 am WS 1100 am
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MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
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Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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ObituariesINGRAM
Services for Rachel Marie Ingram 45 of Hughes Springs were 1100 am Monday January 4 2021 at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Bradfield Chapel in Daingerfield under the direction of Reed-er-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs
Ms Ingram was born September 2 1975 and passed away December 30 2020 and was a member of the US Navy
There will be a time of visitation Sunday evening from 500 until 700 pm at the funeral home
CHAFFINServices for Gaybe Chaffin will be 200 pm Tuesday
January 5 2021at Reeder-Davis Chapel Burial will follow at Veal Switch Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home of Hughes Springs There will be a time of visitation from 600 pm until 800 pm Monday evening at the funeral home
Gabye Chaffin was born March 23 1942 and passed away December 31 2020 in Longview
McNUTTJohnny Floyd McNutt 64 passed away on Decem-
ber 29 2020 in Gilmer TX He was born on June 12 1956 in Pittsburg TX to Floyd McNutt and Ruth Chance McNutt
He is survived by his loving wife Juli McNutt sons Brian McNutt Dylan McNutt and Jared McNutt daughter and son-in-law Maren McNutt and Aaron Nicholson 4 grandchildren Andrew Nicholson Ian Nicholson Lucy Nicholson and Abby Durrant sister Martha Bullard
Johnny was preceded in death by his loving parents and sister Nancy Hall
A memorial service will be held at a later dateMemorial donations can be made to the Alzheimerrsquos
Association
TRAYLORTwana Jean Traylor 51
a resident of Mt Pleasant Texas died Monday De-cember 28 2020 in Mt Pleasant Private Grave-side Service (immediate family only) Friday Janu-ary 8 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direction of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born February 5 1969 in Mt Pleasant Texas
There will be no public viewing Private viewing with the family only Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymortuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice so-cial distancing at all locations
DAVILAArthur C Davila Jr age
71 of Scroggins Texas passed away on Thursday December 31 2020 in Mt Pleasant Texas
The family will receive friends and family on Tuesday January 5 2021 from 500 ndash 700 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Funeral Service will be on Wednesday January 6 2021 at 200 pm at Sam B Harvey Funeral Home Pastor Franklin String-ham Sr and Franklin Stringham Jr will be officiat-ing Interment will be at Mount Vernon City Ceme-tery
Arthur was born on July 9 1949 to Arturo and To-masa (Covos) Davila in Hargill Texas He married Juanita Lozano on November 9 1976 in Levelland Texas Arthur was a veteran serving in the United States Army in Vietnam He worked as a lead mainte-nance supervisor at Pilgrims Pride He was a member of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Agapito Davila and Juan Davila
Arthur is survived by his wife of 44 years Juanita Davila of Scroggins Texas sons Tomas Davila of San Diego California David Davila of Mount Vernon Texas and John Davila of Pittsburg Texas daughter Yasmine Davila of Scroggins Texas 4 grandchildren Kaleb Kelsey Kylee Sadie Davila 1 great grandchild Hazleigh Davila sisters Hope Cantu Janie Riggs Minga Romero Lola Olvera Irma Davila Leticia Davila and Carmen Garcia brothers Starky Davila Camilo Davila and Eppy Davila
Online condolences can be made at wwwsamhar-veyfuneralhomecom
Services entrusted to Sam B Harvey Funeral Home
KIDWELLOscar George Kidwell 88 of Mount Pleasant passed
away on January 4 2021 He was born on June 18 1932 in Mount Pleasant to RO ldquoBobrdquo Kidwell and Evie Garretson Kidwell
He was a member of First Baptist Church Cookville and was a veteran of the United States Air Force
George is survived by his loving wife Lois Taylor Kidwell of Mount Pleasant son and daughter-in-law Larry and Mechele Kidwell of Cheyenne Wyoming son and daughter-in-law Terry and Linda Kidwell of Magnolia son and spouse Rickey and Jerri Cannon of Sandia step son and spouse Jerry and Joyce Cook
of Mount Pleasant step son Jeff Seaton of Cookville step daughter and spouse Brenda and Pat Howard of Daingerfield step daughter and spouse Connie and Jimmy McCollum of Mount Pleasant grandchildren Emily Kidwell Michelle and Chatham Clary Trisha Christian Cheryl and Shelton Eubanks numerous great grandchildren numerous nieces and nephews and brother and sister-in-law Roger and Betty Kidwell of Pittsburg
He was preceded in death by his first wife Lorene Ballard Kidwell sisters Elaine Coe Billie Cason Betty Moon and Winnie Cochran and brothers Bill Kid-well and RL Kidwell
A service will be held on Thursday January 7 2021 at 200 PM at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home A visitation will be held from 100 PM to 200 PM on Thursday January 7 2021 at the funeral home
Memorial donations may be made to Chambers Home Health and Hospice or to the First Baptist Church Cookville
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
GIBSONMary Lou Madison Gibson 92 passed away in Mt
Pleasant on January 5 2021 She was born on Octo-ber 8 1928 to Charley and Annie Wright Madison Mary was a member of Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church
Survived by sons John Madison ldquoMatrdquo Gibson (Ludy) of Mt Pleasant Jerry Wayne Gibson (Deb-bie) of Mt Pleasant Charles Henry Gibson (Sonja) of Jacksonville AR Thomas Glyn Gibson of Cookville Daughters Janis Lea Sparks Linda Lou Kelley Anna Marie Henderson (Darrell) of Cookville Grandchil-dren Kenneth David Sparks Jr (Ashley) Diane Phipps (Brad) Samantha Lea Ferrell (Layton) Katie Sparks Christina Gibson Krista Shackelford (Ronnie) Bob-by Dean Smith Heather Michelle Sears (Kary) Jami Renea Kelley Robert Sharp Jennifer Marie McCollum (Wesley) Jeffery Wayne Gibson (Hollie) Jessica Ma-rie Hanna (Joe) Matasha Ross (Jose) Dusti Sanders (Tony) Mitch Gibson and Anissa Vissering John Le-land ldquoLeerdquo Gibson Wendi Sue Gibson Stephen Todd Belk (Tiffany) Lorne Key Adams Stephanie Valenzu-ela 29 Great Grandchildren 7 Great-great grandchil-dren and counting
Preceded in death by parents husband John E Gibson sons Walter Carl Gibson Bobby Dean Gib-son Son-in-laws Kenneth David Sparks Sr James Ray Kelley granddaughter Kathey Ann Kelley Sharp grandson Clayton Cameron
Funeral service will be at 200 PM on Saturday Janu-ary 9 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Chapel Family will receive friends one-hour prior service from 1-2 PM Bro Shawn Findley will officiate with burial following at Lone Star Cemetery
An online registry is available at batescoopersloan-funeralhomecom
HOLMESDoris Gean Holmes 75 a resident of Mt Pleasant
Texas died Wednesday January 6 2021 in Mt Pleas-ant Private Graveside Service (immediate family only) Saturday January 9 2021 at 1200 PM at Piney Cemetery Burial in Piney Cemetery under the direc-tion of Tumey Mortuary Mt Pleasant She was born October 26 1945 in Mt Pleasant Texas
Online condolences can be left at wwwtumeymor-tuarycom Wersquore politely asking all attendees to please wear their mask and to practice social distancing at all locations
CAMERONRichard Loyd Cameron was born to Howard A and
Annie Loura Gibbs Cameron on October 11 1929 in Argo Texas His father died when he was 2 years old and brother 4 years old His mother married a wid-ower Jim Bell when they were 6 and 8 acquiring a 7-year-old brother On his 16th birthday his parents were blessed with a baby Now these older brothers had a baby brother Jerry They were raised in a Chris-tian home attending Bethel Church of Christ
Loyd as he was known to family and friends went to work at an early age as a well as the brothers for vari-ous jobs At 15 years of age he took his first construc-tion job for Brown amp Root in Dumas Texas Saving his salary for the coming senior year After graduating from High school in 1947 later joining the US Air Force serving 3 years He had many memories of this time in Saudi Arabia He made many slides that his family have enjoyed for years He married Janice Ter-rell on July 2 1955 They followed pipeline construc-tion work for three years and Janice wanted to move home to Argo After moving back he went to work for the Postal Service Loyd was known to always be ready to help his family and neighbors He was a mem-ber of Church of Christ and attending services at Argo Missionary Baptist with his family and friends Loved being a descendant of Archie Cameron
After retirement from the US Postal Service (30 + years) he and Janice enjoyed traveling across US in their motorhome attending rallyrsquos and visiting friends and family Loyd was an avid fisherman which he en-joyed immensely Everyone would ask him when and where are the fish biting
He was so good with grandkids Many trips were made to camping at the lake The whole day was spent pulling the kids on tubes as long as they wanted Many lessons were learned as they set with fishing pole in
hand They all loved and respected their grandpaSurvived by his wife Janice of 65 years Sons Den-
nis Cameron (Kim) of Mt Pleasant Howard Camer-on (Mitzi) of Mt Pleasant daughter Regina Blythe of Rockwall grandchildren Amy Caddell Dennis Cameron Jr Elizabeth Pullen (James Chelsy Carwile (Justin) Katelyn Johnson (Eric) 9 great granddaugh-ters 1 great grandson and 2 step grandchildren Bran-don Blythe (Melissa) Christie Cheek (David) and their families brothers HE Cameron Jerry Bell numer-ous nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents Howard Cameron Jim and Annie Bell stepbrothers James Bell Paul Bell brother-in-law John Marion Terrell sister-in-law Glenda Terrell son-in-law Ben Blythe
Funeral service will be 200 PM Sunday January 10 2021 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home with Bro Randal Crawley officiating Burial will follow at Liber-ty Hill Cemetery
Memorial donations in memory of Richard Loyd Cameron may be made to Liberty Hill Cemetery
We are committed to follow the guidelines provid-ed by CDC The Cameron family respectfully requests that anyone attending service please wear a face mask for the safety of all attendance
Online registry is now available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
THOMPSONCynthia Gandy Thomp-
son passed in peace at the age of 84 on January 4 2021 in Rockport Texas She had suffered a stroke in mid-December 2020
She was born June 9 1936 in rural Northeast Texas Franklin County to R B and Dahlia Gan-dy Along with her par-ents and 3 brothers she helped on the family farm during the depression years picking cotton canning vegetables and raising farm animals She married young had 2 children David Thompson of Austin and Donna Thompson Broach of Rockport while gradual-ly obtaining her GED Bachelor and Masterrsquos degrees and CPA certification She worked in the accounting field for over 50 years before retiring to Rockport her ldquoParadiserdquo as she called it where she enjoyed the salt air and walks on the beach Education was highly val-ued and she was greatly supportive to her children and grandchildren as they all are college graduates some with advanced degrees Her hobbies through the years included water skiing and camping with her children snow skiing and international travel with her grand-children and keeping a lovely home and garden that all felt welcome to visit She was a die-hard football fan especially high school and college games
The greatest commitment during her adult years was to her church community She was a lifelong Baptist until moving to Rockport where she found fellowship and became a member of the First United Methodist Church She was active as a Sunday School and VBS teacher church greeter and volunteer at the com-munity thrift shop Castaways until health concerns limited her ability to participate Daily she would get in her ldquoprayer closetrdquo to pray for family and friends Throughout the years she made many wonderful friendships through her church family who she valued greatly
She was preceded in death by her parents broth-ers RB Jr and Robert Jackson Gandy She is sur-vived by her brother Winfred Gandy (Jeanette) of Edna TX Her children David Thompson of Austin Donna Broach (Micki) of Rockport Grandchildren Josh Broach (Jaton) Ryan Thompson (Robin) Sarah Broach Sturm (Anthony) Lauren Thompson Madden (Wales) and Marshall Thompson (Meagan) She also had greatgrands which were the light of her life She was deeply loved and will be missed as our mom Ma-moiMemoi and Mamo
Give her the reward she has earned and let her works bring her praise at the city gate Proverbs 3131
A private celebration of her life will be scheduled at a later date Donations may be made in her name to First United Methodist Church childrenrsquos ministry at 801 E Main St Rockport Texas 78382 or a charity of your choice
Online condolences may be left at wwwcharliemar-shallfuneralhomescom Arrangements entrusted to
Charlie Marshall Funeral Home814 E Main Rockport Texas 78382 361-729-2451
MALONEThe home going that Reverend Don Malone
preached about so often became reality for him at about 2 am on January 4 2021 at the age of 84 Don was born January 21 1936 in a house in a community called Rockford Texas located 14 miles southeast of Paris in Lamar County to Samuel Odis Malone and Viola Denny Malone
Don attended Elementary school and most of Jr High and High School at Paris ISD however he also attended Hooks Jr High in 8th grade and Hooks High School for the 2nd semester of his senior year And that is where he met a cute girl named Margaret Prat-er Don and Margaret began a 66-year love story at the end of their senior year of 1954 and married Septem-ber 2 1954 In 1957 Don and Margaret dedicated their lives to God and began attending the Hooks Assembly of God Church along with their young son Terry In 1961 Don accepted his calling into the Ministry spe-cifically to Pastor He loved Pastoring because he loved
LOCAL
Twana Jean Taylor
Arthur C Davila Jr
Cynthia Gandy Thompson
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 5
RamirezSoledad Flores Adame Ramirez 77 of Mexico passed
away Friday December 25 2020 Funeral Mass will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 2 pm at St Michaelrsquos Catholic Church in Mt Pleasant Texas Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery in Mt Pleasant Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Hollins Mr Antheley M Hollins 51 of Pittsburg Texas
passed away Saturday January 2 2021 in Dallas Texas Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 11 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg Texas Interment will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
PeekDavid Lynn Peek 52 of Clarksville Texas passed away
Monday January 4 2021 in Clarksville Texas Services are pending under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
BoydKena Boyd 59 of Mt Pleasant Texas passed away
Tuesday January 5 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Schneck Eldns Schneck 67 of Pittsburg Texas passed away
Wednesday January 6 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Thomas Navy Veteran Queennie E Thomas 87 of Pittsburg
LOCAL
Obituariespeople His first pastorate was at the age of 24 at the Talco Assembly of God He served there from 1961 to January of 1968 when he accepted a pastorate at Shady Grove Assembly of God in Grand Prairie Texas He loved the people of Grand Prairie but he wasnrsquot a fan of city living So in May of 1969 he returned to Talco AG for another eight years until May of 1977 He then pastored Dellwood Park AG in Mt Pleasant from 1978-1981 and began his final pastorate at Bible Chris-tian Assembly AG on August 2 1981 He served there for 24 wonderful years until his retirement on January 1 2005 In addition to being called Pastor Don was also called faithful Husband Father (Daddy) Grand-father (Papaw) and Great-Grandfather and he fulfilled each of these roles with excellence He will forever hold a special place in their hearts He is deeply loved and will be dearly missed by his family and those who called him friend Don had another love in addition to God his family his church people and his friends He loved Southern Gospel Music In the early 70rsquos he had the opportunity to do a weekly southern gospel music show on KIMP the local radio station Every Sunday afternoon for one hour many locals tuned in to the Gospel Music Time radio show This led to a part-time job as a DJ at KIMP and made his voice a familiar one to many people
He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 66 years Margaret His children Terry and June Malone of Mt Vernon Paula and Donny Heimer of Kilgore Karen and Joe Whitaker of Mt Pleasant his grandchildren Chris Heimer and Brandi of Kilgore Tessara Malone and Josh of Fate Jonathan Whitaker and Casey of Omaha Janessa Stewart and Joshua of Longview Joel Whitaker and Kaitlyn of Daingerfield and Ryan Heimer and Heathur of Longview10 great grandchildren Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Lois and Richard Stevens of Hooks and numerous nieces and nephews
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister Linda Sherian Coker
A come-and-go visitation is scheduled for Friday January 8th from 5-8 pm at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Fu-neral Home Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9th at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Mt Pleasant with burial to follow at Meadowbrook Gardens in Paris Texas
If you are attending the service please wear a mask and maintain social distancing as per the CDC guide-lines The service will be broadcast on Facebook live through the First Baptist Church Facebook page
Online registry is available at batescoopersloanfu-neralhomecom
Texas passed away Friday January 1 2021 in Dallas Texas Memorial Services will be held Thursday Jan-uary 14 2021 at Dallas Ft Worth National Cemetery at 1 pm in Lane 3 Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
SCOTTJames Larry Scott
passed away on January 2 2021 in Longview Tex-as He was born June 11 1940 in Palestine Texas to James Hansford and Ema Lou Bishop Scott James graduated as an honor student from Palestine High School in 1958 and from University of Texas at Austin with a Physics degree in 1962
He is survived by sister Jonice Hageman Mary Webber (David) and numerous nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents sisters Jenna Si-mons and Lynna Sue Wilkerson
He was an accomplished musician on Organ Pia-no and Saxophone While still in High school he gave community concerts on the organ and sat 1st chair saxophone in the University of Texas band where he had the opportunity to perform for President Kenne-dyrsquos presidential inauguration in 1961 Throughout his life he never lost his love for music and served as church pianist and organist at First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant for years until illness prevented him from continuing
After graduating college he worked in Washing-ton DC in the census department and then for TRW where he contracted with NASA in Houston as a math-ematician working on several of the Apollo missions
He loved his family dearly and in his later years moved to Mt Pleasant where he cared for his mother to whom he was totally devoted
A memorial service will be held at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant on Friday Janu-ary 15 2021 at 200 PM with family visitation at 100 PM
Memorials may be made to The Cancer Society or a Charity of your choice
An online registry will be available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
James Larry Scott
UT Health East Texas opens COVID-19 vaccinations to high-risk individualsUT Health East Texas on Monday will begin provid-
ing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk members of the public Vaccines will be given by appointment only
The vaccine will be available to those who meet the Texas Department of State Health Services criteria for Phase 1A or 1B of the statersquos vaccine allocation plan Phase 1A includes healthcare workers first and last responders and residents of long-term care facilities Phase 1B includes those 65 and older and those 18 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19
UT Health is the only healthcare system in East Texas to be selected by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a mass vaccine location UT Health is slated to receive 1500 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will be given on an appointment only first-come first-served basis
Individuals who meet the criteria for Phase 1A and 1B can make an appointment using this link
httpswwwsignupgeniuscomgoUTThe vaccines will be given at UT Health North
Campus Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Appointment time slots are available from 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday Anyone wanting a vaccine must have an appointment vac-cines for walk-ins will not be available
There is no charge for the vaccine but residents are asked to bring their insurance card to their ap-pointment During the appointment residents will be registered vaccinated and monitored for 15 min-utes during which time a second appointment will be scheduled The Moderna vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart
ldquoWe take our role in vaccinating the public very seriously to help bring this virus under control It continues to spread rapidly in our communities so the sooner we can get people vaccinated the betterrdquo said Dr Tom Cummins chief medical officer for UT Health East Texas ldquoOur caregivers are seeing the devastation of this virus every single day We are see-ing record numbers of people in our hospitals with COVID-19 so it is still extremely important for all East Texans to continue to do the things wersquove been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic mdash wearing a mask washing your hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings We know these things work to slow the spread of the virusrdquo
About UT Health East Texas
UT Health East Texas provides care to thousands of patients each year through an extensive regional net-work that includes 10 hospitals more than 50 clinics the Olympic Plaza Tower 13 regional rehabilitation
facilities two freestanding emergency centers region-al home health services covering 41 counties an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicop-ters and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network including the regionrsquos only Level 1 trauma facility
As a partner with The University of Texas System UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to pro-vide patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health profes-sionals The nationally recognized UT System also in-
cludes UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas as well as three other major university medical centers located throughout the state
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Mount Pleasant Tribune
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
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MT SYLVIA MISSIONARY BAPTISTRt 8 Michael Thompson Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
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METHODISTBRIDGES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST215 CR 1465 Matthew Davis Min WS 915 am SS 1045 am WS 930 am
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OMAHA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH204 Senter Ave Omaha Rev Jay Barnes Min SS 1040 am WS 930 am Discipleship Study 6 pm
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ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST2019 N Edwards Rev Yuri Carralero SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed Bible study Wed 6 pm
TENNISON MEMORIAL UNITED METHODISTChurch Street amp East 3rd Reverend Mike Cline WS 845 am amp 1045 am SS 945 am Wednes-day Bible Study (all ages) 700 pm
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PENTECOSTALABUNDANT LIFE UNITED PENTECOSTAL271 N J P Burks Min WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm Sat 7 pm
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Pleasant TX
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Williams Administrative Assistant
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Mount Pleasant TX 75455
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and item to be bid marked clearly on the
lower left-hand corner of the envelope
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aloud at Mount Pleasant Texas at 1000
am on January 21 2020 in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall 501 N
Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
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SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
bull MPHS Tiger Doll Booster Club meeting MPHS Cafete-
riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
bull CDC Parent Support Group for Children with Disabili-
ties 530 pm
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity vs Sulphur Springs (home)
500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
Saturday Jan 16
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tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 630 pm
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
bull MPJH Girls Mount Vernon (away) 900 am
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
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BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
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SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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RamirezSoledad Flores Adame Ramirez 77 of Mexico passed
away Friday December 25 2020 Funeral Mass will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 2 pm at St Michaelrsquos Catholic Church in Mt Pleasant Texas Interment will follow at Edwards Cemetery in Mt Pleasant Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Hollins Mr Antheley M Hollins 51 of Pittsburg Texas
passed away Saturday January 2 2021 in Dallas Texas Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9 2021 at 11 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg Texas Interment will follow at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Pittsburg Texas Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
PeekDavid Lynn Peek 52 of Clarksville Texas passed away
Monday January 4 2021 in Clarksville Texas Services are pending under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
BoydKena Boyd 59 of Mt Pleasant Texas passed away
Tuesday January 5 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Schneck Eldns Schneck 67 of Pittsburg Texas passed away
Wednesday January 6 2021 in Tyler Texas Services are pending with JC White Funeral amp Cremation Ser-vices of Mt Pleasant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
Thomas Navy Veteran Queennie E Thomas 87 of Pittsburg
LOCAL
Obituariespeople His first pastorate was at the age of 24 at the Talco Assembly of God He served there from 1961 to January of 1968 when he accepted a pastorate at Shady Grove Assembly of God in Grand Prairie Texas He loved the people of Grand Prairie but he wasnrsquot a fan of city living So in May of 1969 he returned to Talco AG for another eight years until May of 1977 He then pastored Dellwood Park AG in Mt Pleasant from 1978-1981 and began his final pastorate at Bible Chris-tian Assembly AG on August 2 1981 He served there for 24 wonderful years until his retirement on January 1 2005 In addition to being called Pastor Don was also called faithful Husband Father (Daddy) Grand-father (Papaw) and Great-Grandfather and he fulfilled each of these roles with excellence He will forever hold a special place in their hearts He is deeply loved and will be dearly missed by his family and those who called him friend Don had another love in addition to God his family his church people and his friends He loved Southern Gospel Music In the early 70rsquos he had the opportunity to do a weekly southern gospel music show on KIMP the local radio station Every Sunday afternoon for one hour many locals tuned in to the Gospel Music Time radio show This led to a part-time job as a DJ at KIMP and made his voice a familiar one to many people
He is survived by his loving and faithful wife of 66 years Margaret His children Terry and June Malone of Mt Vernon Paula and Donny Heimer of Kilgore Karen and Joe Whitaker of Mt Pleasant his grandchildren Chris Heimer and Brandi of Kilgore Tessara Malone and Josh of Fate Jonathan Whitaker and Casey of Omaha Janessa Stewart and Joshua of Longview Joel Whitaker and Kaitlyn of Daingerfield and Ryan Heimer and Heathur of Longview10 great grandchildren Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law Lois and Richard Stevens of Hooks and numerous nieces and nephews
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister Linda Sherian Coker
A come-and-go visitation is scheduled for Friday January 8th from 5-8 pm at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Fu-neral Home Funeral Services will be held Saturday January 9th at 10 am at the First Baptist Church in Mt Pleasant with burial to follow at Meadowbrook Gardens in Paris Texas
If you are attending the service please wear a mask and maintain social distancing as per the CDC guide-lines The service will be broadcast on Facebook live through the First Baptist Church Facebook page
Online registry is available at batescoopersloanfu-neralhomecom
Texas passed away Friday January 1 2021 in Dallas Texas Memorial Services will be held Thursday Jan-uary 14 2021 at Dallas Ft Worth National Cemetery at 1 pm in Lane 3 Services are under the direction of JC White Funeral amp Cremation Services of Mt Pleas-ant Texas Online condolences may be left at wwwjcwhitefdcom
SCOTTJames Larry Scott
passed away on January 2 2021 in Longview Tex-as He was born June 11 1940 in Palestine Texas to James Hansford and Ema Lou Bishop Scott James graduated as an honor student from Palestine High School in 1958 and from University of Texas at Austin with a Physics degree in 1962
He is survived by sister Jonice Hageman Mary Webber (David) and numerous nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by his parents sisters Jenna Si-mons and Lynna Sue Wilkerson
He was an accomplished musician on Organ Pia-no and Saxophone While still in High school he gave community concerts on the organ and sat 1st chair saxophone in the University of Texas band where he had the opportunity to perform for President Kenne-dyrsquos presidential inauguration in 1961 Throughout his life he never lost his love for music and served as church pianist and organist at First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant for years until illness prevented him from continuing
After graduating college he worked in Washing-ton DC in the census department and then for TRW where he contracted with NASA in Houston as a math-ematician working on several of the Apollo missions
He loved his family dearly and in his later years moved to Mt Pleasant where he cared for his mother to whom he was totally devoted
A memorial service will be held at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant on Friday Janu-ary 15 2021 at 200 PM with family visitation at 100 PM
Memorials may be made to The Cancer Society or a Charity of your choice
An online registry will be available at batescooper-sloanfuneralhomecom
James Larry Scott
UT Health East Texas opens COVID-19 vaccinations to high-risk individualsUT Health East Texas on Monday will begin provid-
ing COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk members of the public Vaccines will be given by appointment only
The vaccine will be available to those who meet the Texas Department of State Health Services criteria for Phase 1A or 1B of the statersquos vaccine allocation plan Phase 1A includes healthcare workers first and last responders and residents of long-term care facilities Phase 1B includes those 65 and older and those 18 and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19
UT Health is the only healthcare system in East Texas to be selected by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a mass vaccine location UT Health is slated to receive 1500 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will be given on an appointment only first-come first-served basis
Individuals who meet the criteria for Phase 1A and 1B can make an appointment using this link
httpswwwsignupgeniuscomgoUTThe vaccines will be given at UT Health North
Campus Tyler 11937 US Highway 271 Appointment time slots are available from 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday Anyone wanting a vaccine must have an appointment vac-cines for walk-ins will not be available
There is no charge for the vaccine but residents are asked to bring their insurance card to their ap-pointment During the appointment residents will be registered vaccinated and monitored for 15 min-utes during which time a second appointment will be scheduled The Moderna vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart
ldquoWe take our role in vaccinating the public very seriously to help bring this virus under control It continues to spread rapidly in our communities so the sooner we can get people vaccinated the betterrdquo said Dr Tom Cummins chief medical officer for UT Health East Texas ldquoOur caregivers are seeing the devastation of this virus every single day We are see-ing record numbers of people in our hospitals with COVID-19 so it is still extremely important for all East Texans to continue to do the things wersquove been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic mdash wearing a mask washing your hands frequently social distancing and avoiding large gatherings We know these things work to slow the spread of the virusrdquo
About UT Health East Texas
UT Health East Texas provides care to thousands of patients each year through an extensive regional net-work that includes 10 hospitals more than 50 clinics the Olympic Plaza Tower 13 regional rehabilitation
facilities two freestanding emergency centers region-al home health services covering 41 counties an EMS fleet of more than 50 ambulances and four helicop-ters and a comprehensive seven-trauma center care network including the regionrsquos only Level 1 trauma facility
As a partner with The University of Texas System UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to pro-vide patients with access to leading-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health profes-sionals The nationally recognized UT System also in-
cludes UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas as well as three other major university medical centers located throughout the state
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
The View From A FarrBy TRACY FARR
Contributing Writer
On GardeningBy DAVID WALL
This Week in
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VICTORY CHURCH102 Fulton St Pittsburg Tom Reamm WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed wwwmyvictorychurchnet
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 S Bogata Mark Jones Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
FUENTE DE AGUA VIVA TEMPLO CRISTIANO 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant TX 75455 Juan Y Maria Martinez Escuela Dominical 100 pm Alabanza 200 pm Martes 700 pm
ST PAUL AME302 East Seventh William Kelly Rev
TALCO ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 South Lonnie Fortner Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
TEMPLO CRISTIANO ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS414 N Jefferson Juan Garcia Min Oracion Martes y jueves 9 am Domingo 5 pm Miercoles Estudio de la Biblia 7 pm Sabado servicio
CENTRO DE ALABANZA919 East 3rd St Josue F Luna SS 115pm WS 300pm Tues Men Women amp Children Ministery 700 pm Thursday WS 700pm
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CHOCTAW BAPTIST1310 Alexander Bro Dwight Sharp MinSS 10 am SW 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
CHRISTIAN FAITH BAPTIST212 Magnolia Bro Michael White WS 1030 am amp 600 pm Wed Bible Study 700 pm
CONCORD MISSIONARY BAPTISTOmaha Nolan Richey Min SS 10 am WS 1050 am amp 600 pm Wed 6 pm
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CYPRESS MISSIONARY BAPTISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
DAMASCUS MISSIONARY BAPTISTFM 1734 Chuck Hinson Pastor SS 10 am WS 11 am
EAST NEW HOPE BAPTISTRte 1 Chapel Hill Road Don Shirley Pastor SS 10 am
EAST SIDE BAPTIST1808 East First St Tommy Milam Min SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 600 pm Wed 600 pm
FARMERS ACADEMY MISSIONARY BAPTISTOld Dallas Hwy 889 SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OMAHA200 Senter Keith Lauter Pastor SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed 630 pm
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HARRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST1226 CR 3910 Ricky Vestel Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
HEART OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH7835 N1402 SS 10 am WS 11 am
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HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTTony Lawson 2801 S Jefferson SS 930 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630pm
HILLCREST BAPTISTMemorial amp 18th St SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
IGLESIA TABERNACULO DE LAS BUENAS NUEVASHwy 49 E Domingo 10 am Escuela Dominical 6 pm Serv Evangelistico Miercoles 7 pm Oracion Viernes 7 pm Ensentildeanza Minister Jose C Sanchez
IGLESIA BAUTISTA BET EL1320 E Ferguson Tim Zepeda Min Escuela Dominical 10 am Hora de Alabanzas 11 am Estudios Biblicos 6 pm Estudios Biblicos (Mieacutercoles) 7pm
LIBERTY BAPTIST210 Daingerfield StNaples Hugh Gibbs Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm
LIBERTY HILL BAPTISTArgo Rd Bob Griffith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
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LONE STAR MISSIONARY BAPTISTLone Star Community SS 10 am WS 11 am
MACON BAPTISTHwy 21 SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
MAPLE SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTISTHwy 71E Dwayne Wilson SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
MONTICELLO MISSIONARY BAPTISTFarm Road 127 and SW 15 Ronnie Steward Min
MOUNT GILMORE BAPTISTS Martin Luther King Ave amp School Street Her-bert Jones Min SS 945 WS 11 am WED 7 pm
MT MORIAH BAPTISTInterim Pastor Ken Cox SS 10 AM WS 11 AM amp 6 PM Wed 6 PM
MT OLIVE BAPTIST131 OrsquoTyson Kirthell Roberts Min Early Worship 830 am SS 945 am WS 1100 am WS (Adult) 400pm (Youth) 630pm
MT PLEASANT BAPTISTHwy 67 W Frank Stringham Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 515 pm Wed 700 pm
MT SYLVIA MISSIONARY BAPTISTRt 8 Michael Thompson Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
NEVILLS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTISTHarts Bluff Road Shawn Findley Min SS 9 am WS 10 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
NEW BEGINNING BAPTIST CHURCH21 County Road 1350 Bill Whitaker Minister SS 1000 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OLD UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST67 E Roger Oney Min SS 10 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
PINEY CREEK BAPTIST268 CR 1680 CJ Shelton Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
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RIPLEY BAPTIST2760 N Jefferson SS 945 am WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 630 pm
ST MATTHEW BAPTIST1317 East 8th St JC Fountain Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
SNOWHILL BAPTIST11 mi east of Mt Pleasant on Hwy 49 Dan Hill Min
SOUTH JEFFERSON BAPTISTS Jefferson at Magnolia Tommy Oglesby Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
SPRINGHILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTUnion Hill Rd Jon Wisner Min
SUNSET BAPTIST1407 W Seventh St George W Rape Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
TRINITY BAPTIST2830 Ferguson Rd Bible Study 930 Worship Service 11am Pastor Chris Wigley
UNION CHAPEL BAPTISTPittsburg LJ Haskins Sr Min
UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTISTTitus Co Exten Bldg Pastor Eddie Bratton Jr SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
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CHRISTIANFIRST CHRISTIAN105 Redbud Rev James Rawlins Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am
LOGOS CHRISTIAN5th amp Edwards Howard Petty Min SS 945 am WS 1040 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
RENOVACION CRISTIANA Pastor- Jamie Isaac Lopez 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant 903-285-4791 Sunday Worship 1245 PM Thursday Worship 700 PM
CHURCH OF CHRISTBLODGETT CHURCH OF CHRIST9278 FM 127 Pittsburg Larry Black Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
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OAK GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST3 12 mi north of I-30 on Harts Bluff Rd SS 945 amWS 1040 am Wed 7 pm
SHEPPARD STREET CHURCH OF CHRISTMiller St at Cash SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm
SOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRISTMinister Drew Nelson 1220 East Ferguson Rd Min SS 945 WS 1030 am amp 5 pm Wed 7pm
CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GODEast Third DG Davis Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
GREATER HOPE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST1398 N Elsye Ave Mt Pleasant Texas Pastor Tony Rundles
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY1 block S of Hwy 67 Cookville Joe Cameron Min SS 10 am Ws11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
MT PLEASANT FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER121 White St Wendell House Pastor 903-920-8201 SS 10 am WS 11 a amp 6 p Wed 630 pm
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECYSugar Hill Wesley Vandever SS 10 am WS 6 pm Wed 730 pm
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTCorner of Lee amp Choctaw Pastor Elder Smith SS 930a Sun Sch 11amTues S 12pm amp7pm Wed noon prayer and Bible S
WHITE OAK CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST445 CR 1697 Elder Jessie Nelson Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTTalco Bethel COGIC601 E Wilson Talco TX 75487 903-379-2304
EPISCOPALST MARKrsquoS EPISCOPAL205 E Pecan Rev Ethel Channon Sun Holy Comm 11am
GOSPELFULL GOSPEL REVIVAL501 Gibson Harold Smith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed amp Sat 8 pm
JEHOVAHrsquoS WITNESSESPublic Talk Sun 10 a Bible Study 7 p
LUTHERANGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN MS2820 West Ferguson Rd Rev Mike Kimmel SS 915 am WS 1030 am
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH WELS6788 FM Hwy 115 Scroggins TX 75480 903-860-3749 9AM SS amp Bible Class 10 AM Worship
METHODISTBRIDGES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST215 CR 1465 Matthew Davis Min WS 915 am SS 1045 am WS 930 am
FARMERrsquoS ACADEMY CONG METHODIST2 mi Hwy 67 West Wayne Collier Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OMAHA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH204 Senter Ave Omaha Rev Jay Barnes Min SS 1040 am WS 930 am Discipleship Study 6 pm
NAPLES FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH201 Cedar at First Pastor Jay Barnes SS 1000 am WS 1100 am
GREENHILL UNITED METHODIST17 mi N of I-30 on Greenhill Rd Min Matthew Davis WS 11 am SS 930 am Youth S 5 pm Men Bible Study-Thurs 530 pm Wed Womenrsquos Bible Study 600 pm
ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST2019 N Edwards Rev Yuri Carralero SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed Bible study Wed 6 pm
TENNISON MEMORIAL UNITED METHODISTChurch Street amp East 3rd Reverend Mike Cline WS 845 am amp 1045 am SS 945 am Wednes-day Bible Study (all ages) 700 pm
WEST NEW HOPE UNITED METHODISTCR 1220 Rev Kristin Bogart WS 9 am Tues 6 pm
MORMONCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS2810 W Ferguson Road Bishop Ed Covey Sacrament Meeting 10 am amp 120 pm(span) SS 1115 am Youth Meeting Wed 7 pm
NAZARENEJOURNEY CHURCH CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEHwy 271 Bypass amp McKellar Dr SS 930 am MW 10 am Wed 630 pm
MONTE ARARAT IGLESIA DEL NAZARENO215 N Jefferson Mt Pleasant Rev Saul Garcia Pastor WS 1100 am 700 pm Bible Study
PENTECOSTALABUNDANT LIFE UNITED PENTECOSTAL271 N J P Burks Min WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm Sat 7 pm
NEW LIFE UPCI-30 Service Rd Mt Vernon W James Ander-son Jr Min S 2 pm Wed 730 pm
HOLINESSHOUSE OF PRAYER5 mi North of FM 1001 in Argo David Whitfield Pastor Sun Svc 10 am Sun WS 500 pm Wed 700 pm
FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTALHwy 67 West Apostle LK McGill Pastor SS 945am WS 11 am Tues 730 pm Sat 730 pm
PRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN4th amp Madison Rev Shane Webb Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
ADVENTISTSSEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST302 Lakewood Dr Pastor Adrian SolisPrayer Tues 545pm Saturday SS 930am WS 11am
NON-DENOMINATIONALCHURCH OF THE LIVING GODE 8th Gregory Williams Min WS 1115 am
COTTRELL CHAPEL CME 1104 Searcy Street bull Mt Pleasant Texas Pastor Tamica Godfrey-Hill Sunday School 1030 am Sunday Service 1130 am
CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH411 N Van Buren Daniel Souza S 10 am bull Child care available
LAMBrsquoS FOLD105 East 16th Gordon Nelms Min WS 1030 am Wed 7 pm
CHURCH 114114 W 3rd Min Williams Ferguson Wed 6 pm Sat 11 am
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Pleasant TX
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Williams Administrative Assistant
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Mount Pleasant TX 75455
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and item to be bid marked clearly on the
lower left-hand corner of the envelope
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aloud at Mount Pleasant Texas at 1000
am on January 21 2020 in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall 501 N
Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
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SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
bull MPHS Tiger Doll Booster Club meeting MPHS Cafete-
riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
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ties 530 pm
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity vs Sulphur Springs (home)
500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
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tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
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bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
bull MPJH Girls Mount Vernon (away) 900 am
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
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Ghyles Lias
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903-572-7591Hwy 67 EastMt Pleasant
BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
Thatrsquos what we do
SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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Three new tomatoes for 2021
Under the pretext of compensating him for the theft of his horses Mexican soldiers lured a Rio Grande rancher to their side of the river on Jan 12 1914 Forty miles north of Laredo and a stonersquos throw from Hidalgo Mexico there once was a poor imitation of a town called Palofox Clemente Vergara lived on the bluff above the border crossing and used a small island in the shallow Rio Grande as a natural corral for his horses Dolores Vergara looked out her window on a Janu-ary morning in 1914 to see government troops in full uniform driving 11 head of her fatherrsquos horses into Mexico She immediately sent word to the elderly rancher who had gone down to Palofox after break-fast Vergara hurried to Hidalgo and hunted up the commander of the local garrison Although nothing usually escaped the notice of the eagle-eyed officer he flatly denied any knowledge of the brazen daylight robbery leaving the exasperated rancher to return home empty-handed The following day three figures called out to Ver-gara from the opposite bank If he would come on over they promised to make good his loss Accompanied by his young nephew Vergara rowed across the river in a small skiff The instant the craft settled on the foreign shore he was grabbed by the trio and brutally beaten The terrified boy eluded capture and watched from the thick underbrush as the thugs dragged away his unconscious uncle Vergararsquos wife and daughter located their battered loved one the next morning under armed guard in the army barracks at Hidalgo Dolores later de-scribed his condition ldquoMy father had two cut places on his head a cut on the nose and a bruise on the left side of his face The wounds had never been dressed and the blood was clotted in his hairrdquo The worried women stayed the night in Hidalgo and were awakened early the next day by a surly sol-dier who told them Vergara had been taken to Pie-dras Negras He added in a menacing manner that they would be well-advised to go back to Texas The frantic females reported the kidnapping to the county authorities but they were stonewalled by tight-lipped Mexican officials Gov Oscar B Colquitt also tried his luck but with Mexico in its usual state of chaos he too hit a brick wall For help in breaking the diplomatic bottleneck the governor contacted William Jennings Bryan who showed scant interest in saving the life of an ex-pendable citizen The secretary of state did express
grave concern that the Texan might go off half-cocked and provoke an international incident and warned him against sending the Rangers into Mexico to rescue the rancher In the middle of
this fruitless exchange between Austin and Washing-ton a number of Lone Star newspapers reported on Jan 25 that Vergara had been hanged the day after his abduction His unburied body was supposedly still swaying in the breeze a week and a half later On Feb 8 Gov Colquitt received a telegram from Capt JJ Saunders of the Texas Rangers that caused him to shudder at the potentially serious implica-tions ldquoHave just returned from Hidalgordquo read the wire ldquoHave the body of Clemente Vergara on Texas soilrdquo Did this mean Saunders had gone into Mexico against the wishes of the secretary of state to retrieve the rancherrsquos remains According to a detailed ac-count in the Laredo Times that was exactly what it meant The quick-thinking Ranger promptly set the re-cord straight He apologized for giving the governor the false impression that he had illegally snatched Vergararsquos body out from under the very noses of the uncooperative Mexicans Instead acting upon an anonymous tip he found the corpse conveniently waiting on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande Saunders also provided an ingenious explanation for the ldquomisleadingrdquo telegram He dictated the mes-sage to the American consul who had been up all night and in his exhausted state got it all wrong The text should have read ldquoHave just returned to Laredo Recovered Clemente Vergararsquos body on Texas soilrdquo No one really believed the Rangerrsquos second version but that was beside the point He had neatly gotten the grateful governor off the hook with the secretary of state while at the same time protecting his own posterior As for the murderers of Clemente Vergara they never paid for their cold-blooded crime in a court of law But if persistent rumors were true the killers were unofficially punished Some months later Texas Rangers caught two of the cutthroats not far from Palofox but mysterious-ly misplaced them on the way to jail Back in those days the border had its own brand of justice Read about Bonnie and Clyde and other Thirties outlaws in ldquoTexas Depression Era Desperadoesrdquo Or-der your copy for $2400 (tax and shipping included) by mailing a check to Bartee Haile PO Box 130011 Spring TX 77393
The pineapple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum lsquoPineapplersquo) is a bi-col-ored tasty tomato that slightly resembles a lit-tle pumpkin with a 360deg ribbed appearance With variations picture a light orange color melting over the sides into a deep red bottom They get their name ldquopineapplerdquo because their ribbed cover and in-terior resemblance a slice of the spiny tropical pine-apple
The origin of the pineapple is unknown but it is believed to have originated in Kentucky along with some other bi-colored tomatoes Fruit size usual-ly ranges from 1-2 pounds The flesh is sweet and meaty while low in acidity Due to fruit size the fruit takes somewhat longer than usual but the wait is worth it
The Damsel tomato (Lycopersicuml ycopersicum) is an easier to grow version of the Brandywine Itrsquos re-sistant to root knot nematodes late season blight and Verticillium wilt Also while listed as an indetermi-
nate variety in a compact version itrsquos best to con-sider it as a semi-deter-minate variety growing to 4-5rsquo tall as opposed to at least 8rsquo tall The result is little need to prune ex-cept for the bottom 18rdquo for better airflow
The fruit is somewhat smaller than a regular Bran-dywine (8-12 oz VS 16 oz) but the flavor is very similar It performs like the hybrid it is but it tastes like an heirloom
Crimson Splinter tomatoes (Solanum lycopersi-con) are a Canadian semi-determinate 5-7 ounce heirloom with high resistance to blossom end rot and septoria leaf spot It has a high acid content and its bright red color indicates a high lycopene content making it highly nutritious
Though Crimson Splinters require support theyrsquore semi-determinate and only grow to 3-5rsquo tall being some 2rsquo wide They are early and bountiful produc-ers Also they retain viability longer than most other tomatoes Transplant to harvest is 65-75 days
Let me begin by cat-egorically stating that it was not the fault of the US Postal service that four boxes of ordered gifts didnrsquot quite make it to our house in time for Christmas Nor was it the fault of the shops from which they were ordered
It was 2020 and thatrsquos all there is to it
Oh we kept up with the packages through some magical tracking website trying to will each one to our doorstep before the anointed hour watching their journeys from hither and yon progress to ldquowhy did it go thererdquo ndash but to no avail
Now you may be thinking ldquoThatrsquos what you get for waiting until the last moment to do your Christmas shop-pingrdquo but thatrsquos not the case Knowing that it was 2020 we ordered our gifts at least three weeks before the main event and besides Michigan isnrsquot that far away
Gaylord Michigan was the place one of our packages began its trek Gaylord is the county seat of Otsego County population 3600 and named for an attorney employed with the Mich-igan Central Railroad Gaylord is probably not much different than any East Texas town you and I could name From there our package head-ed to Ohio (which didnrsquot seem all that unusual for 2020)
Grove City Ohio the second stop for our pack-age is a suburb of Co-lumbus Grove City was founded in 1852 and has a population of 35000 who probably commute to the bigger metropo-lis and complain about the traffic I know they have mail service there because our package left those environs and head-ed toward Texas Yeah
Carrollton Texas is so close to Dallas you
can smell it The city has more than 100000 res-idents is the 23rd-most populous city in Texas and probably has more postal workers than ev-ery East Texas post of-fice combined With the package being a mere 131 miles from our front door we just knew it would be here tomorrow or at the latest the day af-ter But no
Our package decided to take a seven-day road trip
SHE ldquoYou are not go-ing to believe where our package is todayrdquo
ME ldquoGreenville Sul-phur Springs Texarka-nardquo
SHE ldquoNope Guess againrdquo
ME ldquoWaco Tyler Longviewrdquo
SHE Nope Itrsquos in Newark New Jerseyrdquo
ME ldquoNew whatrdquoAccording to wikitrav-
elorg ldquoNewark is the cultural center of New Jersey offering endless arts and entertainment optionsrdquo It was settled by the Puritans in 1666 boasts of almost 300000 citizens and is a ma-jor hub for rail air and shipping ndash shipping as in our package that couldrsquove made it to our front door on time but decided to be shipped half way across America just to get a look at the New York skyline one final time before the end of 2020
To make a long story short several days after New Yearrsquos our pack-age arrived in Coppell and finally made its way to our front door But to be honest we were a little bit sad It was kind of fun guessing each night where our package would go to next It was much better than watch-ing TV
And what was in the package wersquod been wait-ing for
Socks A bunch of fric-kinrsquo socks
Your package is in transit sort of
Ranger gets governor off the hook
The View From A FarrBy TRACY FARR
Contributing Writer
On GardeningBy DAVID WALL
This Week in
Texas HistoryBy BARTEE HAILE
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754 E 16th St bull Mt Pleasant bull 903-380-5287
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903-572-0974
The Greenhill Villas
ASSEMBLY OF GODLIVING TRUTH FELLOWSHIP523 Dunn St Jason amp Staci Mays Pastor WS 1030 am amp 6 pm Wed 7pm
DELLWOOD PARK ASSEMBLY OF GODPastor Cade Rich Sun 1030am amp 6pm Wed 630pm Tues prayer meeting 1000am Womenrsquos Bible Study amp Dinner at 545 pm on Thursdays dellwoodparkagchurchcom
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD2115 Edwards Don White Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 9 am amp 7 pm
VICTORY CHURCH102 Fulton St Pittsburg Tom Reamm WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed wwwmyvictorychurchnet
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 S Bogata Mark Jones Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
FUENTE DE AGUA VIVA TEMPLO CRISTIANO 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant TX 75455 Juan Y Maria Martinez Escuela Dominical 100 pm Alabanza 200 pm Martes 700 pm
ST PAUL AME302 East Seventh William Kelly Rev
TALCO ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 South Lonnie Fortner Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
TEMPLO CRISTIANO ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS414 N Jefferson Juan Garcia Min Oracion Martes y jueves 9 am Domingo 5 pm Miercoles Estudio de la Biblia 7 pm Sabado servicio
CENTRO DE ALABANZA919 East 3rd St Josue F Luna SS 115pm WS 300pm Tues Men Women amp Children Ministery 700 pm Thursday WS 700pm
BAPTISTARGO BAPTIST 141 CR 3360 Bro Randll Crawley Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
BIBLE BAPTIST1312 E Ferguson David Kealer Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
BIBLEWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST908 Gibson Ave Bertrand Bailey Min SS 930 am WS 11 am
BLUNDIS CREEK BAPTISTFM 127 Lewis Fluellen Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 730 pm
CIRCLE C COWBOY CHURCHlocated at 1757 FM 3417 James Baker Min WS 1030 am Sunday
CHOCTAW BAPTIST1310 Alexander Bro Dwight Sharp MinSS 10 am SW 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
CHRISTIAN FAITH BAPTIST212 Magnolia Bro Michael White WS 1030 am amp 600 pm Wed Bible Study 700 pm
CONCORD MISSIONARY BAPTISTOmaha Nolan Richey Min SS 10 am WS 1050 am amp 600 pm Wed 6 pm
COOKVILLE FIRST BAPTISTHwy 67E Brother Rust Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
CYPRESS MISSIONARY BAPTISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
DAMASCUS MISSIONARY BAPTISTFM 1734 Chuck Hinson Pastor SS 10 am WS 11 am
EAST NEW HOPE BAPTISTRte 1 Chapel Hill Road Don Shirley Pastor SS 10 am
EAST SIDE BAPTIST1808 East First St Tommy Milam Min SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 600 pm Wed 600 pm
FARMERS ACADEMY MISSIONARY BAPTISTOld Dallas Hwy 889 SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OMAHA200 Senter Keith Lauter Pastor SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed 630 pm
GLADEWATER BAPTIST5 mi N on Harts Bluff Rd Pastor Jeff Footer SS 10 am WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed 6 pm
GRACE BAPTIST512 Yates Mt Vernon Daniel Ledford Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
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HARRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST1226 CR 3910 Ricky Vestel Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
HEART OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH7835 N1402 SS 10 am WS 11 am
HICKORY HILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTChapel Hill ComtyGary BassMin
HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTTony Lawson 2801 S Jefferson SS 930 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630pm
HILLCREST BAPTISTMemorial amp 18th St SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
IGLESIA TABERNACULO DE LAS BUENAS NUEVASHwy 49 E Domingo 10 am Escuela Dominical 6 pm Serv Evangelistico Miercoles 7 pm Oracion Viernes 7 pm Ensentildeanza Minister Jose C Sanchez
IGLESIA BAUTISTA BET EL1320 E Ferguson Tim Zepeda Min Escuela Dominical 10 am Hora de Alabanzas 11 am Estudios Biblicos 6 pm Estudios Biblicos (Mieacutercoles) 7pm
LIBERTY BAPTIST210 Daingerfield StNaples Hugh Gibbs Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm
LIBERTY HILL BAPTISTArgo Rd Bob Griffith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
LIBERTY MISSIONARY BAPTISTIntersection of Hwy 127 amp 21 Tracey Campbell SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
LONE STAR MISSIONARY BAPTISTLone Star Community SS 10 am WS 11 am
MACON BAPTISTHwy 21 SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
MAPLE SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTISTHwy 71E Dwayne Wilson SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
MONTICELLO MISSIONARY BAPTISTFarm Road 127 and SW 15 Ronnie Steward Min
MOUNT GILMORE BAPTISTS Martin Luther King Ave amp School Street Her-bert Jones Min SS 945 WS 11 am WED 7 pm
MT MORIAH BAPTISTInterim Pastor Ken Cox SS 10 AM WS 11 AM amp 6 PM Wed 6 PM
MT OLIVE BAPTIST131 OrsquoTyson Kirthell Roberts Min Early Worship 830 am SS 945 am WS 1100 am WS (Adult) 400pm (Youth) 630pm
MT PLEASANT BAPTISTHwy 67 W Frank Stringham Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 515 pm Wed 700 pm
MT SYLVIA MISSIONARY BAPTISTRt 8 Michael Thompson Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
NEVILLS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTISTHarts Bluff Road Shawn Findley Min SS 9 am WS 10 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
NEW BEGINNING BAPTIST CHURCH21 County Road 1350 Bill Whitaker Minister SS 1000 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OLD UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST67 E Roger Oney Min SS 10 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
PINEY CREEK BAPTIST268 CR 1680 CJ Shelton Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
PLEASANT GROVE BAPTISTBroCraig Stuart Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 6 pm
RIPLEY BAPTIST2760 N Jefferson SS 945 am WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 630 pm
ST MATTHEW BAPTIST1317 East 8th St JC Fountain Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
SNOWHILL BAPTIST11 mi east of Mt Pleasant on Hwy 49 Dan Hill Min
SOUTH JEFFERSON BAPTISTS Jefferson at Magnolia Tommy Oglesby Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
SPRINGHILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTUnion Hill Rd Jon Wisner Min
SUNSET BAPTIST1407 W Seventh St George W Rape Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
TRINITY BAPTIST2830 Ferguson Rd Bible Study 930 Worship Service 11am Pastor Chris Wigley
UNION CHAPEL BAPTISTPittsburg LJ Haskins Sr Min
UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTISTTitus Co Exten Bldg Pastor Eddie Bratton Jr SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
WHITE OAK BAPTISTRt 4 White Oak Charles Burns Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 630 pm
CATHOLICST MICHAELrsquoS CATHOLIC1403 E First Street Father Ariel Cortes Weekly Mass M-F 8am Eng M-F 7pm Span Sat 530 pm Eng Sun 7am Span 9am Eng 11am Span 1pm Span
CHRISTIANFIRST CHRISTIAN105 Redbud Rev James Rawlins Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am
LOGOS CHRISTIAN5th amp Edwards Howard Petty Min SS 945 am WS 1040 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
RENOVACION CRISTIANA Pastor- Jamie Isaac Lopez 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant 903-285-4791 Sunday Worship 1245 PM Thursday Worship 700 PM
CHURCH OF CHRISTBLODGETT CHURCH OF CHRIST9278 FM 127 Pittsburg Larry Black Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
COOKVILLE CHURCH OF CHRISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
NORTH JEFFERSON CHURCH OF CHRIST2311 N Jefferson SS 9 am WS 7pm Sunday Svc 10 am amp 6 pm Min Kris Groda and Jeff Whatley
NORTH RIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST212 East Burton Road (I-30 Access Road SS 930 am Assembly 1030 am WS 630 pm Larry TittleMin
OAK GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST3 12 mi north of I-30 on Harts Bluff Rd SS 945 amWS 1040 am Wed 7 pm
SHEPPARD STREET CHURCH OF CHRISTMiller St at Cash SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm
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MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
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Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
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Megan Adams
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Cathy Banda
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Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
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Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
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Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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Mt Pleasant903-572-8548
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Honoring life by providing comfort care and compassion
207 Morgan St bull Mt Pleasant
903-577-1510
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801 N Jefferson AveMt Pleasant TX 75455 903-572-9856
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New Movies Every Wednesday starting June 5 ndash July 24
Conroy Tractor IncQuality Parts amp Service
wwwConroyTractorInccom
903-572-26292809 W Ferguson bull Mt Pleasant TX 75455
McNutt Roofi ng Inc
All Types of Roofing
wwwMcNuttRoofingInccom
903-855-1697
Steven McNutt 903-563-4973 bull Chad McNutt 903-767-5254
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and most respected
company in our
industry creating
the opportunity of a
better future for our
team members
Our People
Our Values
903-572-MEDS (6337)402 N Madison bull MtPleasant Tx 75455
wwwThurmansProMedcom
Tumey Mortuary
Serving the community since 1958
ldquoService Is Our Most Important Productrdquo
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Alma Tumey ndash OwnerLillie Tumey-Rundles ndash Funeral Director
903-572-2526611 N Gibson AveMt Pleasant TX 75456
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Private Rooms bull Therapy
Wound Care bull Respite Care
501 Yates Street bull Mount Vernon Texas
Pool Tables Arcade Games amp PrizesPizza Burgers amp Fries Concessions
Birthday Party packagesLeague Bowling
Coming Soon Laser Tag amp Event Center
Bowling and Pro Shop
754 E 16th St bull Mt Pleasant bull 903-380-5287
Dominic Crescimanno
Cornerstone
Custom Builders745 E 16th St bull Mt Pleasant
903-563-0948
2530 Greenhill RdMt Pleasant TX 75455
903-572-0974
The Greenhill Villas
ASSEMBLY OF GODLIVING TRUTH FELLOWSHIP523 Dunn St Jason amp Staci Mays Pastor WS 1030 am amp 6 pm Wed 7pm
DELLWOOD PARK ASSEMBLY OF GODPastor Cade Rich Sun 1030am amp 6pm Wed 630pm Tues prayer meeting 1000am Womenrsquos Bible Study amp Dinner at 545 pm on Thursdays dellwoodparkagchurchcom
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD2115 Edwards Don White Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 9 am amp 7 pm
VICTORY CHURCH102 Fulton St Pittsburg Tom Reamm WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed wwwmyvictorychurchnet
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 S Bogata Mark Jones Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
FUENTE DE AGUA VIVA TEMPLO CRISTIANO 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant TX 75455 Juan Y Maria Martinez Escuela Dominical 100 pm Alabanza 200 pm Martes 700 pm
ST PAUL AME302 East Seventh William Kelly Rev
TALCO ASSEMBLY OF GODHwy 271 South Lonnie Fortner Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
TEMPLO CRISTIANO ASAMBLEAS DE DIOS414 N Jefferson Juan Garcia Min Oracion Martes y jueves 9 am Domingo 5 pm Miercoles Estudio de la Biblia 7 pm Sabado servicio
CENTRO DE ALABANZA919 East 3rd St Josue F Luna SS 115pm WS 300pm Tues Men Women amp Children Ministery 700 pm Thursday WS 700pm
BAPTISTARGO BAPTIST 141 CR 3360 Bro Randll Crawley Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
BIBLE BAPTIST1312 E Ferguson David Kealer Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
BIBLEWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST908 Gibson Ave Bertrand Bailey Min SS 930 am WS 11 am
BLUNDIS CREEK BAPTISTFM 127 Lewis Fluellen Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 730 pm
CIRCLE C COWBOY CHURCHlocated at 1757 FM 3417 James Baker Min WS 1030 am Sunday
CHOCTAW BAPTIST1310 Alexander Bro Dwight Sharp MinSS 10 am SW 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
CHRISTIAN FAITH BAPTIST212 Magnolia Bro Michael White WS 1030 am amp 600 pm Wed Bible Study 700 pm
CONCORD MISSIONARY BAPTISTOmaha Nolan Richey Min SS 10 am WS 1050 am amp 600 pm Wed 6 pm
COOKVILLE FIRST BAPTISTHwy 67E Brother Rust Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
CYPRESS MISSIONARY BAPTISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
DAMASCUS MISSIONARY BAPTISTFM 1734 Chuck Hinson Pastor SS 10 am WS 11 am
EAST NEW HOPE BAPTISTRte 1 Chapel Hill Road Don Shirley Pastor SS 10 am
EAST SIDE BAPTIST1808 East First St Tommy Milam Min SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 600 pm Wed 600 pm
FARMERS ACADEMY MISSIONARY BAPTISTOld Dallas Hwy 889 SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH2201 Tx Hwy 49 DrClint Davis Min SS 815 930 amp 1045 am WS 930 amp1045 am amp 630 pm Wed 6 pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OMAHA200 Senter Keith Lauter Pastor SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed 630 pm
GLADEWATER BAPTIST5 mi N on Harts Bluff Rd Pastor Jeff Footer SS 10 am WS 11 am and 6 pm Wed 6 pm
GRACE BAPTIST512 Yates Mt Vernon Daniel Ledford Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
GRACE TEMPLE MISSIONARY BAPTISTW Fourth at N Miller Rex Newman Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 4 pm Sunday
HARRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST1226 CR 3910 Ricky Vestel Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
HEART OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH7835 N1402 SS 10 am WS 11 am
HICKORY HILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTChapel Hill ComtyGary BassMin
HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTTony Lawson 2801 S Jefferson SS 930 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630pm
HILLCREST BAPTISTMemorial amp 18th St SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
IGLESIA TABERNACULO DE LAS BUENAS NUEVASHwy 49 E Domingo 10 am Escuela Dominical 6 pm Serv Evangelistico Miercoles 7 pm Oracion Viernes 7 pm Ensentildeanza Minister Jose C Sanchez
IGLESIA BAUTISTA BET EL1320 E Ferguson Tim Zepeda Min Escuela Dominical 10 am Hora de Alabanzas 11 am Estudios Biblicos 6 pm Estudios Biblicos (Mieacutercoles) 7pm
LIBERTY BAPTIST210 Daingerfield StNaples Hugh Gibbs Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm
LIBERTY HILL BAPTISTArgo Rd Bob Griffith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
LIBERTY MISSIONARY BAPTISTIntersection of Hwy 127 amp 21 Tracey Campbell SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 7 pm
LONE STAR MISSIONARY BAPTISTLone Star Community SS 10 am WS 11 am
MACON BAPTISTHwy 21 SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
MAPLE SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTISTHwy 71E Dwayne Wilson SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
MONTICELLO MISSIONARY BAPTISTFarm Road 127 and SW 15 Ronnie Steward Min
MOUNT GILMORE BAPTISTS Martin Luther King Ave amp School Street Her-bert Jones Min SS 945 WS 11 am WED 7 pm
MT MORIAH BAPTISTInterim Pastor Ken Cox SS 10 AM WS 11 AM amp 6 PM Wed 6 PM
MT OLIVE BAPTIST131 OrsquoTyson Kirthell Roberts Min Early Worship 830 am SS 945 am WS 1100 am WS (Adult) 400pm (Youth) 630pm
MT PLEASANT BAPTISTHwy 67 W Frank Stringham Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 515 pm Wed 700 pm
MT SYLVIA MISSIONARY BAPTISTRt 8 Michael Thompson Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
NEVILLS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTISTHarts Bluff Road Shawn Findley Min SS 9 am WS 10 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
NEW BEGINNING BAPTIST CHURCH21 County Road 1350 Bill Whitaker Minister SS 1000 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OLD UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST67 E Roger Oney Min SS 10 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm Wed 630 pm
PINEY CREEK BAPTIST268 CR 1680 CJ Shelton Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
PLEASANT GROVE BAPTISTBroCraig Stuart Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 5 pm Wed 6 pm
RIPLEY BAPTIST2760 N Jefferson SS 945 am WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 630 pm
ST MATTHEW BAPTIST1317 East 8th St JC Fountain Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
SNOWHILL BAPTIST11 mi east of Mt Pleasant on Hwy 49 Dan Hill Min
SOUTH JEFFERSON BAPTISTS Jefferson at Magnolia Tommy Oglesby Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm
SPRINGHILL MISSIONARY BAPTISTUnion Hill Rd Jon Wisner Min
SUNSET BAPTIST1407 W Seventh St George W Rape Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
TRINITY BAPTIST2830 Ferguson Rd Bible Study 930 Worship Service 11am Pastor Chris Wigley
UNION CHAPEL BAPTISTPittsburg LJ Haskins Sr Min
UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTISTTitus Co Exten Bldg Pastor Eddie Bratton Jr SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 630 pm
WHITE OAK BAPTISTRt 4 White Oak Charles Burns Min SS 945 am WS 11 am amp 7 pm Wed 630 pm
CATHOLICST MICHAELrsquoS CATHOLIC1403 E First Street Father Ariel Cortes Weekly Mass M-F 8am Eng M-F 7pm Span Sat 530 pm Eng Sun 7am Span 9am Eng 11am Span 1pm Span
CHRISTIANFIRST CHRISTIAN105 Redbud Rev James Rawlins Min SS 930 am WS 1030 am
LOGOS CHRISTIAN5th amp Edwards Howard Petty Min SS 945 am WS 1040 am amp 7 pm Wed 7 pm
RENOVACION CRISTIANA Pastor- Jamie Isaac Lopez 103 W 16th St Mt Pleasant 903-285-4791 Sunday Worship 1245 PM Thursday Worship 700 PM
CHURCH OF CHRISTBLODGETT CHURCH OF CHRIST9278 FM 127 Pittsburg Larry Black Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
COOKVILLE CHURCH OF CHRISTSS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm
NORTH JEFFERSON CHURCH OF CHRIST2311 N Jefferson SS 9 am WS 7pm Sunday Svc 10 am amp 6 pm Min Kris Groda and Jeff Whatley
NORTH RIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST212 East Burton Road (I-30 Access Road SS 930 am Assembly 1030 am WS 630 pm Larry TittleMin
OAK GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST3 12 mi north of I-30 on Harts Bluff Rd SS 945 amWS 1040 am Wed 7 pm
SHEPPARD STREET CHURCH OF CHRISTMiller St at Cash SS 945 am WS 1045 am amp 6 pm
SOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRISTMinister Drew Nelson 1220 East Ferguson Rd Min SS 945 WS 1030 am amp 5 pm Wed 7pm
CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GODEast Third DG Davis Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 630 pm Wed 730 pm
GREATER HOPE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST1398 N Elsye Ave Mt Pleasant Texas Pastor Tony Rundles
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY1 block S of Hwy 67 Cookville Joe Cameron Min SS 10 am Ws11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
MT PLEASANT FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER121 White St Wendell House Pastor 903-920-8201 SS 10 am WS 11 a amp 6 p Wed 630 pm
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECYSugar Hill Wesley Vandever SS 10 am WS 6 pm Wed 730 pm
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTCorner of Lee amp Choctaw Pastor Elder Smith SS 930a Sun Sch 11amTues S 12pm amp7pm Wed noon prayer and Bible S
WHITE OAK CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST445 CR 1697 Elder Jessie Nelson Min SS 945 am WS 11 am Wed 7 pm
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRISTTalco Bethel COGIC601 E Wilson Talco TX 75487 903-379-2304
EPISCOPALST MARKrsquoS EPISCOPAL205 E Pecan Rev Ethel Channon Sun Holy Comm 11am
GOSPELFULL GOSPEL REVIVAL501 Gibson Harold Smith Min SS 10 am WS 11 am Wed amp Sat 8 pm
JEHOVAHrsquoS WITNESSESPublic Talk Sun 10 a Bible Study 7 p
LUTHERANGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN MS2820 West Ferguson Rd Rev Mike Kimmel SS 915 am WS 1030 am
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH WELS6788 FM Hwy 115 Scroggins TX 75480 903-860-3749 9AM SS amp Bible Class 10 AM Worship
METHODISTBRIDGES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST215 CR 1465 Matthew Davis Min WS 915 am SS 1045 am WS 930 am
FARMERrsquoS ACADEMY CONG METHODIST2 mi Hwy 67 West Wayne Collier Min SS 10 am WS 11 am amp 6 pm Wed 7 pm
OMAHA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH204 Senter Ave Omaha Rev Jay Barnes Min SS 1040 am WS 930 am Discipleship Study 6 pm
NAPLES FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH201 Cedar at First Pastor Jay Barnes SS 1000 am WS 1100 am
GREENHILL UNITED METHODIST17 mi N of I-30 on Greenhill Rd Min Matthew Davis WS 11 am SS 930 am Youth S 5 pm Men Bible Study-Thurs 530 pm Wed Womenrsquos Bible Study 600 pm
ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST2019 N Edwards Rev Yuri Carralero SS 945 am WS 1100 am Wed Bible study Wed 6 pm
TENNISON MEMORIAL UNITED METHODISTChurch Street amp East 3rd Reverend Mike Cline WS 845 am amp 1045 am SS 945 am Wednes-day Bible Study (all ages) 700 pm
WEST NEW HOPE UNITED METHODISTCR 1220 Rev Kristin Bogart WS 9 am Tues 6 pm
MORMONCHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS2810 W Ferguson Road Bishop Ed Covey Sacrament Meeting 10 am amp 120 pm(span) SS 1115 am Youth Meeting Wed 7 pm
NAZARENEJOURNEY CHURCH CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEHwy 271 Bypass amp McKellar Dr SS 930 am MW 10 am Wed 630 pm
MONTE ARARAT IGLESIA DEL NAZARENO215 N Jefferson Mt Pleasant Rev Saul Garcia Pastor WS 1100 am 700 pm Bible Study
PENTECOSTALABUNDANT LIFE UNITED PENTECOSTAL271 N J P Burks Min WS 10 am amp 630 pm Wed 7 pm Sat 7 pm
NEW LIFE UPCI-30 Service Rd Mt Vernon W James Ander-son Jr Min S 2 pm Wed 730 pm
HOLINESSHOUSE OF PRAYER5 mi North of FM 1001 in Argo David Whitfield Pastor Sun Svc 10 am Sun WS 500 pm Wed 700 pm
FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTALHwy 67 West Apostle LK McGill Pastor SS 945am WS 11 am Tues 730 pm Sat 730 pm
PRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN4th amp Madison Rev Shane Webb Min SS 945 am WS 11 am
ADVENTISTSSEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST302 Lakewood Dr Pastor Adrian SolisPrayer Tues 545pm Saturday SS 930am WS 11am
NON-DENOMINATIONALCHURCH OF THE LIVING GODE 8th Gregory Williams Min WS 1115 am
COTTRELL CHAPEL CME 1104 Searcy Street bull Mt Pleasant Texas Pastor Tamica Godfrey-Hill Sunday School 1030 am Sunday Service 1130 am
CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH411 N Van Buren Daniel Souza S 10 am bull Child care available
LAMBrsquoS FOLD105 East 16th Gordon Nelms Min WS 1030 am Wed 7 pm
CHURCH 114114 W 3rd Min Williams Ferguson Wed 6 pm Sat 11 am
NORTHEAST TEXAS BIKERrsquoS CHURCH749 E 16st St (across from bowling alley) Dom-inic Crescimanno Min WS 630pm Bible study Thurs meal at 6pm amp church service at 7pm
HOMERt 67 2 12 mi W of Omaha Larry Lakey Min SS 10 am WS 3 pm Thurs 7 pm
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750 FM 2348 (Union Hill Cemetery) bull Mt Pleasant
(903) 572-1376
WORSHIP
Sunday Prayer Meeting 1000 am
Sunday Worship Service 1100 amFollowing every worship we have a fellowship meal for everyone wanting to attend
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Servicing Mt Pleasant since 2000
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Guaranty Bancshares Inc relocates Operations Center to Region 8 BuildingGuaranty Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ GNTY)
the parent company of Mount Pleasant based Guar-anty Bank amp Trust NA yesterday announced it has leased the south wing with over 15000 square feet of the Region 8 Service Center in Pittsburg Guar-antyrsquos Operations Center handles all deposit oper-ations wires and the customer service and Call Center for the bankrsquos 31 bank locations throughout the state
The Call Center is available to serve customers seven (7) days a week Monday through Friday from 8 am to 9 pm and weekends and holidays from
900 am to 9 pm The central location provides employment oppor-
tunities for residents of Mount Pleasant Pittsburg and surrounding communities Initial employment in the Operations Center in Pittsburg will be over 50 employees with plans to expand employment at the center up to 150 as the Company grows
About Guaranty Bancshares Guaranty Bancshares Inc is a bank holding com-
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS HARTS BLUFF ISD
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING
Harts Bluff ISD will hold a public meeting at 700 pm Thursday January 21 2021 in the Harts Bluff Administration Building at 3506 FM 1402 Mt Pleasant Texas 75455
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss Harts Bluff ISDrsquos rating on the statersquos financial accountability system
NOTICES
INVITATION FOR BID
BID 1-2122
Sealed bids are requested by the City
of Mount Pleasant TX on the herein
described item(s)
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Copies of bid information and speci-
fications of the above item(s) may be
obtained at City Hall from the Adminis-
trative Assistant 501 N Madison Mount
Pleasant TX
Address bids to the attention of Miriam
Williams Administrative Assistant
City of Mount Pleasant 501 N Madison
Mount Pleasant TX 75455
Bids must be in a sealed envelope with
the bid number opening date and time
and item to be bid marked clearly on the
lower left-hand corner of the envelope
Bids will be publicly opened and read
aloud at Mount Pleasant Texas at 1000
am on January 21 2020 in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall 501 N
Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
SIMILE TRANSMITTALS WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED
The City of Mount Pleasant reserves the
right to reject any andor all bids waive
any or all formalities and to award a
contract to the lowest and best bid
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Your local newspaper ful-fills an essential role in serving your right to know After all it shouldnrsquot be your responsibility to know how to look where to look when to look and even what to look for in order to be informed about public information It is the govern-mentrsquos responsibility to notify you of public information and your local newspaper is the most accessible place to find it
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SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
bull MPHS Tiger Doll Booster Club meeting MPHS Cafete-
riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
bull CDC Parent Support Group for Children with Disabili-
ties 530 pm
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity vs Sulphur Springs (home)
500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
Saturday Jan 16
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 630 pm
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
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MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
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Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
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SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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500 pm
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500 pm
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Wednesday Jan 13
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Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
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Friday Jan 15
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MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
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Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E H A R D - W O R K I N G S T U D E N T S
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Luiz Olvera
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BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
Thatrsquos what we do
SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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The purpose of this meeting is to discuss Harts Bluff ISDrsquos rating on the statersquos financial accountability system
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Mount Pleasant TX 75455
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MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
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Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
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Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
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Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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The purpose of this meeting is to discuss Harts Bluff ISDrsquos rating on the statersquos financial accountability system
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INVITATION FOR BID
BID 1-2122
Sealed bids are requested by the City
of Mount Pleasant TX on the herein
described item(s)
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Copies of bid information and speci-
fications of the above item(s) may be
obtained at City Hall from the Adminis-
trative Assistant 501 N Madison Mount
Pleasant TX
Address bids to the attention of Miriam
Williams Administrative Assistant
City of Mount Pleasant 501 N Madison
Mount Pleasant TX 75455
Bids must be in a sealed envelope with
the bid number opening date and time
and item to be bid marked clearly on the
lower left-hand corner of the envelope
Bids will be publicly opened and read
aloud at Mount Pleasant Texas at 1000
am on January 21 2020 in the Council
Chambers located at City Hall 501 N
Madison Mount Pleasant TX FAC-
SIMILE TRANSMITTALS WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED
The City of Mount Pleasant reserves the
right to reject any andor all bids waive
any or all formalities and to award a
contract to the lowest and best bid
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SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
bull MPHS Tiger Doll Booster Club meeting MPHS Cafete-
riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
bull CDC Parent Support Group for Children with Disabili-
ties 530 pm
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity vs Sulphur Springs (home)
500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
Saturday Jan 16
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 630 pm
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
bull MPJH Girls Mount Vernon (away) 900 am
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E H A R D - W O R K I N G S T U D E N T S
Katherine Ochoa
Luiz Olvera
Layne Pinckard
Micah Tucker
Mount Pleasant
Tribune
202 S Van BurenMount Pleasant TX
903-572-1705
NEWS
1201 N Jefferson
903-572-6737MASONrsquoS
WE ARE OPEN for in store business as usual
Our hours are 8 am to 530 pm Monday thru
Friday and 8 am to 4 pm on Saturday
Customers can call ahead for curbside pickup if needed
Thanks Jim Mason
Mason Hardware
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903-572-7591Hwy 67 EastMt Pleasant
BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
Thatrsquos what we do
SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
202 S Van Buren bull Mount Pleasant Texas 75456
903-572-1705wwwTribNowcom
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Mount Pleasant
Tribune
Jan 9 2021 TribNowcom bull Page 11
SCHOOLS
Monday Jan 11
bull MPHS Tiger Doll Booster Club meeting MPHS Cafete-
riaTiger Doll room 600 pm
Tuesday Jan 12
bull CDC Parent Support Group for Children with Disabili-
ties 530 pm
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity vs Sulphur Springs (home)
500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity Sulphur Springs (away)
500 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Girls Whitehouse (away) 500 pm
Wednesday Jan 13
bull MPHS Cheer at UIL Spirit State Championships Fort
Worth
Thursday Jan14
Basketball
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 530 pm
bull MPJH Girls Sulphur Springs (away) 430 pm
Soccer
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
Friday Jan 15
bull CDC Parent Committee 815 am
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls JV amp Varsity Hallsville (away) 500 pm
bull MPHS Boys 9th JV amp Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 500
pm
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
bull MPHS Girls vs Tyler Chapel Hill (home) 500 pm
Saturday Jan 16
bull MPHS Speech amp Debate at Virtuosity TFANIETOC Invita-
tional Guyer (online)
Basketball
bull MPHS Girls Varsity vs Hallsville (home) 630 pm
bull MPJH Boys vs Sulphur Springs (home) 1000 am
bull MPJH Girls Mount Vernon (away) 900 am
Soccer
bull MPHS Varsity Boys Midwestern Tournament
bull MPHS JV2 Boys Greenville Tournament
MT PLEASANT ISD SCHOOL CALENDARWeek of January 11 - January 16 2021
MPHS Cheer with their Southwest Regional banner COURTESY PHOTO
MPHS Cheerleaders place in virtual competitionThe Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders
competed in the UCA Virtual Southwest Region-al Cheer competition on December 9 The team placed 2nd in their division earning them a bid to the National competition at Disney World in Or-lando in March
The team will participate in the UIL Spirit State Championships in Fort Worth on January 13 They will compete in 5A Division II in band chant crowd leading and fight song MPHS Cheer coach Karissa Lopez said ldquoOur cheerleaders have been working very hard all year They have put in countless hours of practice time to perform well
at all of our sporting events while trying to keep State UIL as our focus We are very proud of our 3-minute routine and we pray it is enough to qual-ify us for finals There are approximately 54 teams in Texas competing in our division Our cheer-leaders have sacrificed and really given everything they have for this program and we hope to make MPISD and our community very proud this com-ing weekrdquo
MPHS cheer finished 12th in the state in 2017 and 15th in 2018 They must finish in the top 20 in prelims to advance to finals The MPHS Cheer-leaders are coached by Lopez and Shanta Lockett
Mount Pleasant Honor Roll
Estefani Garcia
Ana Garrett
Sophie Greco
Skyler Guereca
Alan Rodriguez
Chris Russell
Camila Serrano
Micah Shepherd
Jose Trejo
Melissa Vasquez
Hannah Anderson
Ella Cross
Caroline Currey
Brianne Davis
Clinton DeBord
Drew Dyke
Kennady Ebarb
Jose Fuentes
Abigail Gutierrez Takahashi
Angelina Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
Krystalyn Holt
McKinsee Oviedo
Jacqueline Reyes
Kiara Rundles
Orion Senence
Natalie Crockett
Norma Delgado
Litzy Gonzalez
Pilar Gonzalez
Perla Guzman
Ethan Harbour
Lainy Blackstone
Samuel Brown
Henry Chappell III
Mary Heeren
Taylor Hubbs
Jair Moreno
Makayla Spigner
Harrison Wall
Conlee Zachry
Daniela Zuniga Ruiz
12
11
10
9
Manoa Bagsic
Reese Ball
VanessaJane Bayna
Clayton Brison
Merlin Cardona
Devin Castaneda
Rylan Hubbs
Camdon Johnson
Taniah Johnson
Alison Majors
Chelsea Maldonado
Collin Moss
Lizeth Navarro
Daniela Palomo
Kimberly Pina
Param Poudel
Esmeralda Ramirez
Tiffany Rangel
Amy Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Parker Colley
Connelly Cowan
Madison Grundy
Noemi Rios
Sydney Rowan
Jacob Townson
Madison Adams
Megan Adams
Lesly Atrisco Hernandez
Cathy Banda
Lily Burrows
Breanna Daffern
Javier De La Cruz
Julissa Dominguez
Maiko Estrada
Gaven Fife
Christian Flores
Brianna Garcia
Isabella Greco
Azalia Guzman
Bre Asia Hargrave
Kylie Hedge
Maria Hernandez
Lexie Humber
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Ghyles Lias
Reese Loving
Jaclyn Marroquin
Naydelin Martinez
Arianna McClain
Nataly Morales
Miguel Segura
Ryan Sharp
Ashley Tabor
Eliyah Tagg
Taryn Thurman
Carson Zachry
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E H A R D - W O R K I N G S T U D E N T S
Katherine Ochoa
Luiz Olvera
Layne Pinckard
Micah Tucker
Mount Pleasant
Tribune
202 S Van BurenMount Pleasant TX
903-572-1705
NEWS
1201 N Jefferson
903-572-6737MASONrsquoS
WE ARE OPEN for in store business as usual
Our hours are 8 am to 530 pm Monday thru
Friday and 8 am to 4 pm on Saturday
Customers can call ahead for curbside pickup if needed
Thanks Jim Mason
Mason Hardware
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Page 12 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
903-572-7591Hwy 67 EastMt Pleasant
BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
Thatrsquos what we do
SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
202 S Van Buren bull Mount Pleasant Texas 75456
903-572-1705wwwTribNowcom
Subscribe to the
Mount Pleasant
Tribune
Page 12 bull TribNowcom Jan 9 2021
903-572-7591Hwy 67 EastMt Pleasant
BODY SHOP
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN Fixing mistakes
Thatrsquos what we do
SPORTS
Lady Tigers sneak by Texas High 50-46By DREW BARKLEY
The Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers resumed dis-trict play on Tuesday eve-ning hosting Texas High at Willie Williams Gym The Lady Tigers were looking to continue play-ing well coming off a one-point victory over Lindale over the break
Mount Pleasant took control of the game early never trailing in the con-test but they found their lead to be a slim margin of 15-13 at the end of the first quarter In the second quarter the Lady Tigers ramped up their pressure and outscored Texas High 19-9 to take a 34-22 lead into the locker room Both teams strug-gles to score in the third
Lady Rebel Varsity falls in tough game
against McLeod 24-58By JUSTIN MILTON
The scoreboard wasnrsquot in our favor tonight but we fought hard for 4 quarters We had a little lull in the 3rd but were able to overcome that with a strong 4th With the effort hustle focus and teamwork these girls showed especially in the 1st half and the 4th quarter I couldnrsquot be any prouder to be their coach We are learn-ing so much and each game we are closing the gap to become the team we know we can be Itrsquos not how you start but how you finish that has the most meaning We are closing out this season on a much better note than we started on Point Guard Logan Huddleston has really proved what she is capable of these past few weeks and has our offense flowing Guard Macy Chil-dres has given us a big spark off the bench the last cou-ple of games with her outside shooting and her tough defense Kaytie Jane Ballard has had to step up and fill a big spot for us due to injury and has gotten better every minute she is on the floor
Logan Huddleston 10 points 8 rebounds 5 stealsAnna Guest 3 points 3 rebounds 1 assistMacy Childres 3 points 2 reboundsLauren Hardman 2 points 8 rebounds 3 stealsAlexis Case 2 points 2 reboundsCaylin Williams 2 points 1 assistSelena Kelley 1 point 8 reboundsAnna Duvall 1 point 3 rebounds 1 stealKaytie Jane Ballard 3 rebounds 1 assist 2 stealsRaegan Blagg 2 reboundsThe Lady Rebels faced Clarksville on Friday at 500
pm at Rivercrest The Varsity Boys followed The games vs Detroit that had to be rescheduled will now be Mon-day Jan 11th at Rivercrest with the Varsity Girls start-ing at 600 and the Varsity Boys will follow
Mount Pleasant Tigers Top Texas High 59-45
By DREW BARKLEY
The 14 ranked Mount Pleasant Tiger basketball team traveled to Texas High on Tuesday for their second district matchup against a Texas team com-ing off a one possession loss to Hallsville The Tigers entered the game coming off a double-digit victory over Longview on Saturday for their first district win After dominating Texas High last season the Tigers came into the game with confidence but Texas High would battle Mount Pleasant well until the second half
Texas High used the home energy from the home crowd to jump out to an early 7-2 lead before the Ti-gers went on a 14-3 run to take a 16-10 lead going into the second quarter Texas High once again responded and took a brief 23-22 lead late in the second quarter The Tigers would score as time wound down to lead 26-23 at halftime Adjustments made in the locker room proved crucial for the Tigers as Mount Pleasant outscored Texas High 17-5 in the third quarter to take a commanding lead for good The lead would balloon to as much as 19 points late in the fourth quarter be-fore Texas High made a couple of baskets late
Payton Chism led the way for Mount Pleasant fill-ing up the stat sheet with 18 points 5 rebounds 5 as-sists and 4 steals Zaveion Chism-Okoh also scored in double figures with 10 points Other scorers were Kelcey Morris 9 points Xzavier Brown 8 points and a team high 7 rebounds Will Hills 6 points Miller McCrumby 5 points Jakybrein Hines 2 points and Edward Wilder 1 point
The win moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for first place in district with Sulphur Springs and Halls-ville who are also undefeated Mount Pleasant will host Marshall (3-12 0-2) on Friday with games start-ing at 500 PM The Tigers will travel to Pine Tree (3-5 0-2) on Saturday with games tipping off at 100 PM
PHOTO BY JOHN WHITTEN
Lady Devils fall to WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Lady
Devils lost to Winnsboro this past Tuesday Noth-ing went right for them in the first half of play The Lady Devils strug-gled to score points and their normal lock down defense struggled to get in sync during the first half of play At half-time Chapel Hill trailed 10-38
The second half was a bit different as they came out a bit more on fire than before The de-fense looked much better and the offense began to click The third quarter saw the Lady Devils out-score Winnsboro 17-11 to cut back into the lead 27-49 The fourth quar-ter was much of the same as the Lady Devils played much better once again
Kinly Posey Sarah Hall Mackenzie Espinosa play defense COURTESY PHOTO
Red Devils over WinnsboroThe Chapel Hill Red Devils are rolling in district
with yet another district win this time over Winns-boro The game was all Chapel Hill from the get go The Red Devilrsquos defense was playing great as they limited the number of opportunities Winnsboro got and posted baskets on the other end Chap-el Hill led after the first quarter 21-9 The second quarter saw a bit more fight from Winnsboro but it still was not enough to overcome Chapel Hillrsquos solid play The Red Devils won the second quarter 20-17 to extend their lead at halftime 41-26
Winnsboro did their best to cut into the lead but the Red Devils were having none of it as their solid play continued from the first half Chapel Hill took
the third quarter 24-17 to push their lead to 65-44 Chapel Hill went on to finish off the fourth quarter 17-12 and win the game 82-56 in a solid effort
The Red Devils will travel to Mt Vernon this coming Friday
Boyrsquos District StandingsChapel Hill 3-0Mineola 2-0Mt Vernon 1-1Harmony 1-2Quitman 1-2Winnsboro 1-2Winona 0-2
Vincent Rodriguez shoots COURTESY PHOTO
outscoring Winnsboro 17-12 but it was just a bit too late to get back in the game Winnsboro would go on to win 44-61
Chapel Hill will be traveling to Mt Vernon
this coming Friday and then hosting Mineola the following Tuesday to round out the first round of district
District Standings Girls
Winnsboro 4-0Chapel Hill 3-1Mt Vernon 2-2Mineola 2-2Harmony 2-3Quitman 2-3Winona 0-4
quarter after half time ad-justments were made but Mount Pleasant was still able to increase their lead to 42-28 heading into the final frame A 7-0 run by Texas High to start the fourth quarter followed by another 11-4 run got Texas High close enough to make it a game but the
Lady Tigers were able to hold them off just long enough to secure the win
Sophomore guard Jordyn Hargrave led all scorers with a season high 17 points followed closely by Paris Beardrsquos 14 points and a team high 7 rebounds Aunesti Brannon added 8 points
and Kendall Walker and Autumn Jackson chipped in 4 points each Morgan Brooks put up 2 points and Morgan Hill 1 point
The Lady Tigers (8-6 2-1) will face off at Mar-shall (6-7 3-1) on Friday and will play again at home on Saturday versus Pine Tree (3-10 0-4)
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