July 2023

CHURCH NEWS

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Summer isn’t just beaches and fun for some teenagers

When you think of summertime, what comes first to your mind? I recall visits to my grandparents’ homes in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. I can still feel the cold water and smooth stones of clear mountain creeks where my cousins and I waded.

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THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN

What was a thumbs down just a few short weeks ago has resulted in a thumbs up this week for those who planned a job fair for the workers who are displaced from the Ardagh glass plant in Simsboro.

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Reeder presented Ross Memorial scholarship

Kip Reeder of Haynesville is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Dorothy and Walter W. Ross Memorial/ Exemplar Scholarship fund.

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Origin Bank raises interest rates on Union Parish accounts

FARMERVILLE — Union Parish is earning substantially more interest on funds deposited with Origin Bank today than it was a week ago after the bank informed the Union Parish Police Jury on Tuesday that it was raising the interest rate on the parish’s three largest bank accounts through the end of the year.

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Exposing the evils of human trafficking

“Sound of Freedom” is still going strong despite the efforts of the left to kill it.

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LHON is a genetic condition that runs through the maternal line

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Cox-Boniol garners Warner Award from Epsilon Pi Tau

Cathi Cox- Boniol, SCILS Region 8 LaSTEM Center Director at Louisiana Tech University, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Region 2 Professional Practice Award as part of the Epsilon Pi Tau William E. Warner Awards Program.

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Dixie Softball 6U SweeTees honored by Mayor Walker

The Ruston Dixie Softball 6U SweeTees met with Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker Thursday to celebrate the squad heading to the World Series July 28 in Alexandria. From left are Kamryn Salter, Grayson Lantrip, Annastyn Whitehead, Mary Lyla Buck, Charlie Cherry, Caitlyn Cato, Skylar Patterson, Callie Hoefler, and Nenna Voorhees. Not pictured are June Johnson, Ella Rose Kavalir and Madelyn Letendre.