Pittsburg Gazette

Coach John Chatham, PISD Assistant Athletic Director and Girls’ Athletic Coordinator, said the Cross Country girls team had done something that had never happened before. All 23 girls in the team had showed up for the first real practice of the season at 6:15 in the morning. Coach Chatham said that he feels “pretty solid” about four of the girls on the Varsity team, and there is a “nucleus” of about 10 more vying for the last three positions of the seven-girl team. There are a total of 23 In spite of the heat, the Cross Country teams have been out and practicing, and Coach Chatham opened am practice to the boys as well until the weather begins to cool down.

Dear Contributors, The Pittsburg Rotary Club would like to thank all of you who participated in the Teacher Appreciation event in which over $14,000 in gifts and cash donations were generously given to the teachers and staff of PISD. You made this event possible, and we would like to thank each of you.

Pittsburg welcomed the newest addition to UT Health on August 15--UT Health East Texas Behavioral Clinic. Primarily covering adult disorders, this facility offers outpatient evaluation, treatment and management of mental health diagnoses including attention deficit, anxiety, bipolar, eating, mood, obsessive compulsive, panic, personality, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorders.