Chamber Connection July 20, 2017
Guess what time it is???? It’s time to turn in your t-shirt designs for the 48th Annual Stew Contest!!! The Chamber will be accepting submitted designs from Monday, July 17th through Monday, July 31st. The submitted entries will be voted on by the Chamber Board of Directors, and the winner will be announced on August 10th. If your design wins the t-shirt contest, it will be used on all shirts, hoodies, and marketing for the 48th...
Chamber Connection July 13, 2017
Guess what time it is???? It’s time to turn in your t-shirt designs for the 48th Annual Stew Contest!!! The Chamber will be accepting submitted designs from Monday, July 17th through Monday, July 31st. The submitted entries will be voted on by the Chamber Board of Directors, and the winner will be announced on August 10th. If your design wins the t-shirt contest, it will be used on all shirts, hoodies, and marketing for the 48th...
A & M Commerce, L-3 Announce Electrical Engineering Partnership
by Scott Cason COMMERCE, TX— Texas A&M University-Commerce and L3 Mission Integration announced today a major partnership to increase the number of electrical engineers available to regional industries. L3’s ISR Systems Sector and Mission Integration President Bruce Trego and Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dr. Ray Keck recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the university’s Fall 2017 launch of a...
Marriage and Parenting Education Wrap-Up By Johanna Hicks
Marriage & Parenting Education Wrap-up This is the 3rd in a series of program summaries in the area of Family & Consumer Sciences for 2016. (If you missed the first two, they covered Diabetes Education and Health & Wellness in Hopkins County.) One of my favorite workshops to teach is Twogether in Texas Marriage Education. This is a program recognized by the state of Texas and is deemed as being so important that the...
Anglin Answers Myth, Fact Issues Regarding PJC Proposal
by Dr. Pam Anglin, A.B.A., B.B.A., M.B.A., Ed.D., C.P.A. MYTH: On November 8 residents of the Paris Junior College (PJC) service area outside the taxing district will decide whether to be annexed into the PJC tax base. While the initial increase is being advertised as low as 8.5 cents per $100 evaluation, that figure can be unilaterally increased to 27 cents per $100 without any authorization by the citizens of the county once they...
Proposed PJC District Expansion Explained at Listening Session
Stating a desire to be transparent, Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College, addressed a small group of Hopkins County citizens regarding the November 8th ballot proposal to include Hopkins County in the PJC District. It would mean a new tax at 10-cents per $100 evaluation. Dr. Anglin pointed to the advantages of the community college as well as discussing the tax. Como-Pickton School District and the Saltillo School...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus, A Vision in Process
With the cutting of a ribbon and the grand opening of the new PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus located on Loop 301 in the newly remodeled building that once housed Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Company, Paris Junior College President Pam Anglin’s vision for expansion of educational opportunities in the region took one more step forward. Dr. Anglin told KSST News that the junior college experience in both academic and technology play a...
Tallant, VanDeaver PJC Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Steven Tallant and State Representative Gary VanDeaver have been selected to receive the coveted Paris Junior College Distinguished Alumni Award during the 2015 Homecoming festivities, November 13-14. It is such a distinct honor to have the opportunity to honor Dr. Tallant and Dr. VanDeaver,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. The two will be presented the College’s highest honor during the Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon,...
