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From left are Betty and Elvin Shields. Both grew up on plantations on Cane River. Elvin retired as an engineer and volunteers with the Cane River Creole National Parks. He sculpts wire toys and spearheaded the furnishing of Oakland’s slave/tenant cabin. Betty and Elvin have published a book about growing up in a system of tenant farmers and sharecroppers along Cane River.
Family recipes stimulate brain, satisfy stomach
The magic of books is that a slim volume with simple photographs can provide such a complete glimpse into a way of life that has drifted from a region. The magic of Elvin Shields is that he manage...
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Audience members at the Black History Program include, from left, Ruth Coutee Thomas, Mary Lowry, Lionel Dawson, Scottie Dawson, Jessie Sarpy, Rona Lee Hill, Lula Beaudion and Winnie Labome.
Council on Aging presents heritage program
Council on Aging presented a Black History Program Feb. 27. The theme for the event was “Keeping the Dream Alive.” Bill Allen was master of ceremony and displayed a slide show from his trip to Wash...
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From left are Funke Adeleye, Martha Squyres, Haley Bethurum and Tunmike Adeleye.
Modern Woodmen club gardens for service
Modern Woodmen Youth Service Club met at the Nursing and Rehabilitation facility Saturday, March 16. The group brought tools and flowers for a community beautification project.  Impatiens and calad...
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What’s Your Line?
Three couples, all of whom were my husband’s paternal third great-grandparents, continued the line begun by his immigrant ancestor, Jean Baptiste Brevel of France and his wife, Anne, a Caddo Indian...
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Space between words, days defines life
My right thumb is thinking about transferring to another body. In the years I have been aware of that thumb, I have broken it several times. I remember learning to throw a football left handed so ...
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Attendees of Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival scope for deals on regionally made products in a beautiful setting.
Melrose Arts and Crafts fest promises unique wares
The Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival will be Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Sunday April 14 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.  Over 100 vendors from around the region will exhibit and sell...
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Natchitoches man among winners in bench show, hunt
The silence of a cool North Louisiana evening was broken recently by the sounds of the eager coon hunters who participated in Rebel State Historic Site’s Ringtail Classic Bench Show and Jackpot Coo...
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Expert in sustainable development shares plans at meeting
An advocate of green sustainable communities said she wants to apply some CHEESE to the planned Green Agora project on Sixth Street.  Donna Isaacs told members of the Natchitoches Genealogical and ...
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Sadie Grace Flores had everybody laughing with her very spirited, and very thorough, coloring processes.
Family celebrates spring, friends with a variety of egg-cellent activities
“We’ve been doing this all of our lives,” Olivia Clark says proudly, smiling at the people gathered around tables topped with eggs and covered in plastic. The Maggio family started the tradition ...
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Fitness guru will speak
Seannathan Polidore is a 2000 graduate of Franklin Senior High School. He served four years in the U.S. Navy before becoming a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicin...
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