I figured it out. I was staring at the config file and it hit me like a ton of bricks. This is a LINUX system. Linux is very literal.
I had typed it as:
Match $3: (Recover)
and
Match $3: (Triggered)
I changed it to:
MATCH $3: (Recover)
and
MATCH $3: (Triggered)
Now everything works as expected.
SNMPTT Problems
Re: SNMPTT Problems
Odd -The last bit of config was copied from what I thought was my working lab machine, but I'm glad to hear you were able to resolve it! 
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