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It?s time to put on your best Halloween costume, dust off your trick-or-treat basket and head out to 91���˵��� for the 30th annual Scare Affair.

The event is from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21st on the plaza of the main 91���˵��� campus (located on FM 1735 near Chapel Hill ISD). There will be free candy for all trick-or-treaters, low-cost games for all ages, a costume contest with cash prizes and much more! A haunted house will be open until 10:30 p.m.

?Scare Affair is 91���˵���?s biggest community event of the year.

Rodeo fans will get to see more than 300 athletes from throughout the Southern Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) compete for points and prizes next weekend as 91���˵��� its 25th annual rodeo. The event will be held October 20-21 at the Pittsburg Rodeo Arena on HWY 271 N in Pittsburg.

Rodeo action will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Night and at 1 p.m. on Saturday Afternoon.

Honors students at 91���˵��� recently traveled to Fort Worth for the program?s 21^st semester day trip. The fall experience included stops at Starbucks, the Fort Worth Zoo, the Woodshed Smokehouse, the Fort Worth Cultural district museums, the Botanical Garden and Tarrant County College. These free trips, through the ongoing support of Drs. Jim and Paula Archer and other friends of 91���˵���, have become a standard feature of the honors program since 2008.

Those attending the trip (top to right and down to right) were Dr.

91���˵��� Presidential Scholar, Alicia Marie Cantrell, has won the 2017†Dr. Jerry Wesson†Award.†This $200 prize, supported by an anonymous donor, commemorates the leadership and initiative of Wesson, an award-winning educator, writer, and facilitator of educational opportunities at 91���˵���.

The 91���˵��� Culinary Arts Program will host a special Thursday Night Dinner on Oct. 26.† The dinner will be held at the 91���˵��� Culinary School in historic downtown Pittsburg and is open to the public.

The menu for the evening will include bacon-wrapped stuffed meatloaf with rosemary roasted potatoes and country green beans with yeast rolls and a dessert to be determined.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, Oct. 12. Due to high demand at previous events, the Culinary Arts Program has moved to a ticketed event rather than first-come-first-served.

The Small Business Development Center will host a Business Credit Workshop Wednesday, Oct. 18. The event will be held in two locations - Mount Pleasant at 9 a.m. and Texarkana at 1 p.m. Information is included in a flier below. Please call 903-434-8237 for more information.

91���˵��� recently hosted its annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. Adriana Rodriguez won the student category ($400) and long-term winner Angela Wylie took top honors ($200) in the adult category.

The 91���˵���†Art†Department will host its second art exhibit†of the 2017-2018 school year October 2- 27 in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing†Arts. The show, ?Crystal & Glass?, will feature watercolors by†artist Mollie Jones.†A reception with the†artist will be held Thursday, October 5 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center foyer.

91���˵��� students, faculty and staff are invited to†this†upcoming PLACE lecture hosted by Texas A&M University-Texarkana on our campus. Pizza and drinks will be served!

Congratulations to our number #1 recruiter and advisor for A&M-Texarkana at 91���˵���, Ms. Jennifer Perez for being selected A&M-Texarkana's Employee of the Month! Way to go JP!! We appreciate all that you do. A&M-Texarkana's Staff Council personally delivered her award on the 91���˵��� campus.