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🌱 What FDA inspectors found inside Mount Pleasant’s pet food plant
Coming up: Lunch & Learn on the Mount Pleasant Patch calendar
Hi Mount Pleasant! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What FDA inspectors found inside Mount Pleasant's pet food plant
Also on today's calendar: Chapel Hill vs New Diana and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 80, low: 69.
- Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Who Is Responsible for Pet Food Recalls? (powderbulksolids.com) — A pet food safety investigation zeroes in on repeated Salmonella contamination problems at Mid America Pet Food's manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant, where FDA inspectors found ongoing sanitation and preventive-control failures through early 2024. Using this Mount Pleasant case, the article explains how manufacturers, regulators, and even plant-floor workers all share responsibility for preventing recalls that can sicken pets and people. 
📸 Around Mount Pleasant
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant
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★ Featured events ★
- Lunch & Learn →
Mt. Pleasant Civic Center, 1800 N Jefferson Ave, Mt Pleasant
12:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
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Other local events
- Chapel Hill vs New Diana →
Chapel Hill High School, 1069 CR 4660, Mount Pleasant
6:30 pm - Chapel Hill High School vs New Diana →
Chapel Hill High School, 1069 CR 4660, Mount Pleasant
6:30 pm - New Diana at Chapel Hill →
Mount Pleasant TX
6:30 pm - Christus Mt. Pleasant Childbirth Education Class- October 8, 2026 →
2001 North Jefferson Avenue, Mount Pleasant
5:00 pm - Christus Mt. Pleasant Childbirth Education Class →
2001 North Jefferson Avenue, Mount Pleasant
5:00 pm - Safe Riders Program →
2015 Mulberry Street, Mount Pleasant
9:00 am - Chapel Hill High School vs Hughes Springs →
Chapel Hill High School, 1069 CR 4660, Mount Pleasant
6:30 pm - Chapel Hill vs Hughes Springs →
Chapel Hill High School, 1069 CR 4660, Mount Pleasant
6:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
Tuesday October 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Brahma JH & JV Football vs Union Grove
Pewitt CISD Omaha, TX 75571
4:45 pm - JV Football: JVP @ LE and JVW @ Mineola
Mount Vernon ISD Mount Vernon, TX 75457
5:00 pm - MS Football @MV
Mount Vernon ISD Mount Vernon, TX 75457
5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Cass/Marion counties: State Highway 49 is open!
The roadway between State Highway 155 and FM 729 has been closed while crews have rehabbed this stretch. Please use caution if you travel in this… (Nextdoor )
- Mondelez International, Inc. posted a job opening for Full Time Nabisco Merchandiser/Order Writer in Mount Pleasant. Apply here.
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member, Petsense in Mount Pleasant. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Pleasant here.
🗞 Nearby News
Pittsburg
- Hispanic-owned vineyard in Pittsburg blends family heritage, hospitality (cbs19.tv)
- Union Grove's Kyle Adams on the team's 4-0 start to the season (ktre.com)
Winnsboro
- Fire Prevention Week (easttexasradio.com)
- Carthage, Malakoff top #bEASTTexas Fabulous 15 polls (news-journal.com)
Gilmer
- Friends of the Upshur County Library seeking historical information (gilmermirror.com)
- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library expanding to Upshur County (kltv.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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