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Local businesses are always ready and willing to help our local schools where they can, when they can.
In recent years the foyer just inside the elementary school is laced with a theme such as a safari which entailed lots of greenery and figures riding in a golf cart.
This year Flint’s Furniture discounted the school and a nice waiting area was constructed.
Roman’s Pizza has always welcomed large groups of kids such as the Champion Bulldogs for the first nine weeks and recently Ivan Smith donated a refrigerator to the school to go in their teacher’s lounge.
“It is a huge advantage in having community partnerships such as these. We are proud to call each of these businesses our friends in education,” J.K.H. Principal David Estes said. “Because of contributions or discounts provided by these companies, we are able to better serve our students.”

LifeShare Blood Centers, which serve a population base of more than 2.9 million people in the south central United States, calls upon its East Texas communities to join one of the upcoming blood drives.
On Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, the Mobile Blood Donation Center (MBDC) will be at Stanco in Atlanta, and then will travel to Bowie-Cass Electric where they will be set up from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
On Dec. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the MBDC will park at Guard-Line and will make an appearance at Wal-Mart the same day from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Call 903-794-3173 or visit www.lifeshare.org to schedule a blood donation appointment at any of these locations.
Donations from O-negative and B-negative types are particularly needed, but healthy people of all blood types and ethnicities are encouraged to donate blood to help save lives.

Christian Oliver, a senior at Atlanta High School, was a delegate to the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Lowell, Mass., last summer. He is the son of Marwin and Carolyn Oliver.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students from across the country who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). 
He was nominated to represent Atlanta by the first winner of the Google Science Fair Shree Bose, who serves as the Academic Director of the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists, based on his academic achievement, leadership potential and passion for science and technology.

The Morris Upchurch Middle School Math and Science team competed at Atlanta Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 12.   
The M.U.M.S. team won the first place overall trophy with a total of 3040 points, second place Spring Hill had 2984 points total and third place Hughes Springs had a total of 2916 points.  
The M.U.M.S team had 33 places in the Top 5 of an event; six of these places were for winning first place in the event.  
Number Sense: Austin McGee – 1st place; 8th grade; Connor McGee – 2nd place; 7th grade; Aden Norton – 3rd place; 7th grade; Halle Worthington – 4th place; 7th grade; Parker Johnson – 5th place; 7th grade; Clare Wong – 2nd place; 6th grade; LaJavion Marvin – 2nd place; 5th grade; Aidan Hamilton – 3rd place; 5th grade; Mallori Stringer – 4th place; 5th grade and Payton Boone – 5th place; 5th grade.

The 8th Annual Christmas Open House, benefiting the Rainbow Room will be held in the Cass County District Clerk’s Office, inside the Law Enforcement and Justice Center, 604 Hwy 8 North in Linden on Dec. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Donations of infant and toddler items, school supplies, hygiene products, new and used clothes for tots and teens, cleaning supplies and household items are needed.
The Rainbow Room provides good and services to abused and neglected children in Cass County.
For more information, call 903-756-7514.

By Tim Emmons
temmons@casscountynow.com

From Staff Reports

By Stephen Jones
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By Stephen Jones
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We all pass by or visit places named in the honor of prominent figures from the past. As time passes, their names become common place. And with each passing generation, their respective life’s works begin to fade into the background.
Below are the back stories of a few of the local landmarks and their namesakes.

By Randy Grider
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