Funeral Services for Ollie Rhodes, 68, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Arcadia. Interment will immediately follow at the Shiloh Cemetery. Services are entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, Arcadia.
James and Karen Hubicz, of Baton Rouge, and Michael and Pam Jones, of Ruston, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Lauren Elizabeth Hubicz, of Baton Rouge, to William Michael Jones, of Nashville, Tennessee.
Lincoln Rotary recently delivered 162 dictionaries to third graders at Cypress Springs Elementary. It was their first dictionary for most of the students. Members of the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s Students Active in Leadership of Lincoln Parish Class III helped with the distribution. Submitted photos
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a friend who is very difficult to get close to, but he’s very sweet sometimes, too. He is always posting touching images of animals or babies and children doing nice things to and for each other on social media.
FARMERVILLE — A Choudrant man was booked into the Union Parish Detention Center at Farmerville on Feb. 12 after being accused of battering his spouse and endangering their 8-month-old daughter. Wesley Aaron Coats,
Former ACHIEVE Coordinator Cathi Cox-Boniol recently hosted a celebration honoring the Hillcrest Elementary School faculty and staff for being the campus/department that totaled the highest percentage of employee giving in support of the district’s 2020 United Way Campaign. Under the leadership of Principal Patrice Hilton, the Hillcrest team tallied 92% of all faculty and staff pledging support of the campaign and earned the special catered meal. Hillcrest faculty members (left to right) James White, Anna Alexander, Tammy Schilling, and LeJoyce Adams exhibit their excitement as they lead the charge and dig into Log Cabin chicken fajitas and all the trimmings. Hillcrest will be part of the Lincoln Parish School Board team represented at the upcoming United Way “Celebrating Excellence” event where the district’s campaign will be recognized for its outstanding leadership and support of United Way of Northeast Louisiana. Submitted photo
