Steve and Tammie Pezant of Natchitoches, LA are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sonja Alexis Pezant, to Peyton Alexander Cox, son of Ralph and Regina Cox of Metairie, LA. Sonja is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Liberty University and Northwestern State University and is the executive assistant to the dean at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Visit melroseonthecane.com forinformation on becoming a member of APHN. The vision of the APHN is to apprise future generations of our unique cultural heritage and to inspire them to preserve it.

Northwestern State University’s Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development hosted a spring Honors Convocation April 17 to recognize the academic accomplishments of students and faculty in the School of Education, Department of Health and Human Performance, Department of Military Science, Department of Psychology and Department of Social Work.

Sophia Sutton Hogg will reign as the 56th Queen of the St. Denis Art League Spring Festival Court and its Annual Presentation and Ball Saturday, April 27 at the Natchitoches Events Center.

Established in 1984 with four designated Main Street communities, the Louisiana Main Street program is celebrating 40 years of helping to revitalize commercial districts by offering a roadmap for locallyowned and locally-driven prosperity. Today, there are 36 designated Louisiana Main Street communities including the original four – Donaldsonville, Franklin, Hammond, and Houma – as well as four communities accepted into the Lagniappe Community Program, a pathway to becoming a designated Louisiana Main Street community.

Bennie George Barron will reign as the 56th King of the Spring Festival Court of the St. Denis Art League at its Presentation and Ball, Saturday, April 27 at the Natchitoches Events Center.

Natalie Mangandi of Shreveport, a senior at Northwestern State University, will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but through her involvement with many campus organizations, realized that the career path she is most suited for is helping others navigate their academic challenges. After graduation, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education at NSU.

A Southern Writer’s View of Then and Now Recently, I saw something I haven’t seen in many years. A young man driving a car he was fixing up.

St. Denis Art League Spring Court Heralds will carry brass fanfare trumpets wrapped in blossoms when they send fourth the messages of the king and queen at the Spring Court Ball Saturday, April 27 in the ball room of the Nachitoches Events Center.