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The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Fine Arts Club is sponsoring a military service member holiday care package drive. 
The care packages will be sent to units in Afghanistan.  
All donations must be delivered to the UAHT Fine Arts Club by Nov. 14, to the Texarkana campus at 3501 UofA Way, Texarkana, Arkansas, 71854
The following is a list of items the troops need. 
Please note this is a gift drive, not a canned food drive. 
Troops are in great need of toiletries or other small goodies from home to add some cheer to their holiday season. 
Also, if you would like to sponsor the postage cost of a package, the cost is $12.95 each. 
Please make checks payable to: UAHT Fine Arts Club.
If you have any questions, please contact Chelsea Slack at 870-722-8219 or chelsea.slack@uacch.edu. 
NOTE: no pork products (read labels), glass, or items that will melt.

M.U.M.S. Math and Science Team wins first place
The Morris Upchurch Middle School Math and Science Team competed at Foster Middle School in Longview  on Oct. 29.
The M.U.M.S. team won the first place overall trophy with a total of 2,717 points, second place Daingerfield had 2,638 points total and third place Spring Hill had a total of 2,600 points.  
The M.U.M.S. team consisted of 27 students and brought home a total of 17 medals for placing in the Top 5 of an event; three of the medals were for winning first place in the event.  
In Number Sense: Austin McGee (eighth grade) placed second; Aden Norton (seventh grade) placed third; Halle Worthington (seventh grade) placed fourth and Clare Wong (sixth grade) placed second.

From Staff Reports

By Stephen Jones
sjones@casscountynow.com

From Staff Reports

The Cass County Child Pro­tective Services board of direc­tors is asking local residents to help provide an additional gift for each foster child from Cass County in the annual Christ­mas Wish List Project. 
To select a gift please call Carol at 903-748-784 to leave your name, phone number and the number of the child you wish to “adopt” for this special project. 
The unwrapped gifts must be returned to the Atlanta Child Protective Service Office at 305 E. Thomas St. (in the same building as Brookshire’s) in Atlanta or at the Cass County District Clerk’s Office in the Justice Center at 604 Highway 8 North in Linden no later than Dec. 5. Please mark each gift with the corresponding number on the CPS list.
Most gifts are $35 and under and there is no limit on the number of children you can “adopt.” Each gift helps to make Christ­mas a little merrier for all Cass County’s foster children.

By Randy Grider
randy@casscountynow.com

By Bobby Horn Jr.
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From Staff Reports

ATLANTA—On Nov. 1, Junior FFA Exhibitors from Mae Luster Stephens Junior High  joined others across the county in competing in the annual Cass County Livestock Show.
L-K students competing were: 
Rabbits:
Zoe Scott - Grand Champion, Jada Bazar - 7th, Jackson Kerr - 13th, Kyndall Fitts- 15th and AnnMarie Jones- 20th.
Goats:
Stormie Haley - 4th, Cody Conditt- 8th, Shelbie Haley- 9th, Isabella Lockhart- 13th, Stevie Allen - 15th and Casey Allen 19th.
Broilers:
Madelyn Bynum- 3rd, 4th- Cambree Kerr- 4th, Hunter Crenshaw- 6th, Payton Harris- 8th, Lane Crenshaw- 9th, Kinley Harris- 10th, Bronson Suggs- 15th, Hunter Johnson- 17th and Landon Liles- 20th.
According to the school,  almost half of the exhibitors in the broiler sale were Linden-Kildare students.
Swine:
Jaici Smallwood, 8th and Ally Smallwood, 16th.
 

From Staff Reports

By Bobby Horn Jr.
news@casscountynow.com