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Provencal A Team
Provencal Jr. High congratulated students for the making the fourth grade “A” Team.  These students exhibited outstanding behavior, while being attentive in class and maintaining good grades. On fr...
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Student Tevin Jackson picked up brochures on Medicaid information from Karen Harkins, left, and Josie Lacour at the Lakeview High School health fair.
Lakeview Health Fair makes for healthy students

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City  Council agenda set for Monday meeting
The City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28 with the pre-meeting starting at 5 p.m. Under ordinances for introduction are: •#002 that calls for an agreement between the City and NSU for...
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Parish Council agenda lists items for approval at meeting
There are several routine items on the Parish Council meeting agenda for Monday, Jan. 28. The meetings are usually on the third Monday of the month but this one was changed because of the Martin Lu...
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Friends of Fort will meet Saturday to form group
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site will host “Friends of the Fort Exploratory Meeting”   Saturday, Jan. 26 f rom10-11 a.m. at the park visitor center. The purpose of the meeting is to provi...
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NSU preparing for nursing doctorate
A letter of intent for a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Northwestern State University has been approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents. The university will now develop a proposal for the ...
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Northwestern State Calendar
Here is a look at the week of Jan. 27 – Feb. 2 at Northwestern State University. Jan. 27 – NSU Horn Day, Fine Arts Complex, 1 p.m. Jan. 31 – Flight Instruction Open House, Cane River Room, Friedman...
Jan 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Who’s Who at Northwestern State
Name: Jarrod Sanson Title: Electronic Portfolio Coordinator Years at NSU: 8 Job description: I provide technical support to faculty and students who use PASS-Port, the electronic portfolio system u...
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Lady of the Bracelet is Breanna Collier, left, of Bossier City. The other top finishers are, from left, first runner-up Kyla Winey of Lafayette, second runner-up Alyson Humphrey of Bossier City and third runner-up Bailee Cartwright of Holdenville, Okla. See Page 3B for story on Collier.
Lady of the Bracelet is Breanna Collier

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Construction underway at the Natchitoches Veterans and Memorial Park

Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pilgrim’s monthly health care meeting was Dec. 12 with guests, Theresa Simonds and Sharon Durham from Doves, Inc. Durham presented a PowerPoint presentation on domestic abuse and those attending received a better understanding of the services provided and signs of abuse. Pilgrim’s presented the guests with toiletry baskets to be used at the center. From left are Nettie Ligon, Pilgrim’s supply supervisor, Durham and Simonds; and Margaret Demery, Pilgrim’s human resources coordinator. Representatives of organization who would like to be a guest at future health care meetings can call Demery at 356-2461 or Michelle Brundige at 356-6307.
Doves visits Pilgrim's monthly healthcare meeting

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After his presentation, Jones-Fosu met with students to discuss diversity. From left are Alex Bryant, Jacob Foreman, Jones-Fosu, David Walker and Tolu Adoun.
Speaker redefines meaning of diversity for high school students at LSMSA
Story and Photos by Steven Niette “What does it mean to judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character?” Justin Jones-Fosu asked students at the Louisiana School...
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5th graders at E-Lab School express thoughts after studying Dr. King and Black History events
Students in Mary Beth Van Sickle’s fifth grade class at NSU Elementary Lab School wrote ssays about how how they had been inspired to fufulill their own dreams after studying Dr. Martin Luther King...
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Rotarian Lee Posey, left, introduced Parish President Rick Nowlin, center and Parish Public Works Director Nick Verret, to members of the Rotary Club Tuesday. Nowlin is also a Rotarian.
Parish president spends 1st month developing policies
It’s been a busy month since Parish President Rick Nowlin was inaugurated Dec. 19. “I’m entirely confident we’re going to make real progress and provide the services that the people of the parish n...
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Parish council public works head describes ‘whirlwind’ of activities
‘The first week about all we did was respond to citizens about the roads after the rain.’ Nick Verret
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Marchers reflect and sing on their way to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Community Center.
Community rallies, hosts events in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Principal announces the honor roll for the second nine weeks at Provencal Elementary/ Jr. High School
Provencal Jr. High announced its honor roll for the second 9-week grading period. Principal’s List First Grade Rylea Broadway, Jacob Bynog, Luci Carr, Kayne Clark, Ethan Colbert, Paris Fields, Shel...
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Failure by Congress to pass farm bill puts LA farmers in tough position for planting
Louisiana farmers are disappointed that Congress couldn’t pass a new farm bill in 2012 and instead extended the 2008 farm bill, which technically expired in September. LSU AgCenter economist Mike S...
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Principal announces the honor roll for the second nine weeks at Natchitoches Magnet School
Natchitoches Magnet announced its honor roll for the second 9-week grading period. Principal’s List Second Grade Anniston Broadway, John Burton, Ethan Busby, Gavin Carrasquillo, Joshua Chesal, Deta...
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Just Talkin’
JT was nearly drawn into the controversy on the network news Wednesday morning. All the hosts and pundits could talk about was that Beyonce possibly lip-synced the National Anthem at the inaugurati...
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