† † †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 Northeast Texas Community College its 25th annual rodeo. The event will be held October 9-11 at the Mount Pleasant City Arena on Greenhill Road.

† † †Rodeo action will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 2 p.m.

† † †The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Women?s Eagles Soccer team won two of four games this past week. The Eagles defeated Western Texas College and Paris Junior College, but fell to Jacksonville College and third ranked Tyler Junior College.

† † †Melanie Barnes kicked off the game against Paris on Saturday with a goal seven minutes in, assisted by Imelda Pina.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $500 scholarship from the Pleasant Sams, the Mount Pleasant Chapter of the Good Sam Club of America. This year?s gift will benefit a student studying nursing at NTCC. Diane and Jan Dalby (center) presented the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough (right), NTCC Vice President for Advancement and Nita May (left), NTCC Director of Development.†For more information about this or other scholarships at NTCC, please contact May at 903-434-8113.

The Carroll Shelby Automotive Program at Northeast Texas Community College will host the†Three Shelbys and a Corvette Racer Car Show†on Saturday, Oct. 11. The event will kick off at 10 a.m. at the Shelby Automotive Technology building on the main NTCC campus.

† † † What do 240 motorcycle enthusiasts, Pioneer Days, the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation and a restored, painted Harley gas tank have in common? Good fun and a great cause!

† † † The 10th Annual Tommy Lee Bike Run was held September 20 during Pittsburg?s Pioneer Days.††The day kicked off with a parade led by dozens and dozens of motorcycles and their riders sporting the infamous black t-shirts†commemorating the 10th anniversary of this charity Bike Run.