Pittsburg is able to start the new year with new businesses. Having opened last month, Steve-O’s is the town’s newest restaurant featuring a selection of foods including, but not limited to, boudin eggrolls, seared ahi tuna, ribeye Philly steak sandwiches, wings, and pasta dishes. Customers can find a wide variety of cocktails at the upstairs bar and live music most weekends.
Alonzo (Lon) Tapp was one of eight children born to Vincent J. and Myra J. Tapp. This was a time when large families were not unusual. Both his parents had been born in Alabama, but the family moved west and Lon had been born in Texas. By 1912 he had met and married Juanita Stafford, daughter of a popular Pittsburg sheriff, and was residing with his in-laws. Soon he built the house on North Avenue, and the family grew to include two girls, Vivian and Melba. The house on North Avenue changed hands several times after the Tapps moved to another home. But from 1919 until 2008, several generations of the Williams family - Annie, Mabel, P.H. and Velma - each in turn, called it home.
The Pittsburg Independent School District held its December board meeting and presented Pirate Gold Awards to faculty at the Intermediate School campus. Principal Todd Newman awarded Tammy Davis, Savannah Klobucar, Brenda Lindley, Kam Olivarez, and Cynthia Wilson at the meeting.
The ladies and spouses of The Twentieth Century Study Club donned festive attire to celebrate the Christmas season at the NTCC Culinary Arts Institute. The tables were aglow with silver and white trees, snowflakes and nutcrackers. Chris Reese filled the room with joyful Sounds of the Season. It was a lovely evening catered by RichBrand Catering.
The Pittsburg Rotary Club recently heard from Cypress Basin Hospice and welcomed guest speaker Wes Smith. At the meeting, Smith explains his desire to change the negative connotation of the word “hospice,” because of the positive services hospice provides. “Cypress Basin Hospice means help,” states Smith.
