4-H Honor

Judge Desiree Dyess was inducted into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame last week at Camp Grant Walker Judge Dyess has been involved in 4-H since she was9 years old, and continues to give back to the organization as a member of the Natchitoches Parish 4-H Foundation.

Red River quilt show is in September at Shreveport Fairgrounds Ag Building

This year’s Red River Quilters Quilt Show is set for Sept. 1314, in the Louisiana State Fairgrounds Ag Building in Shreveport. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Cane River Singers recruiting chorus members

The Northwestern State University and Natchitoches communities are invited to sing with Nosu Cane River Singers for the 2024-2025 season. Cane River Singers is the university’s non-auditioned symphonic chorus open to students, faculty, staff and community members.Conducted by Dr.

Tickets now on sale for Celebration of Life Gala

Save the date! The annual Celebration of Life Gala hosted by the Women’s Resource Center is taking place Thursday, Oct. 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Natchitoches Events Center.Guest speakers will be Michele Smith and Rosemarie Fenchel, ambassadors for the Abortion Survivors Network.

Aisle be seeing you

one of the Village People.“Trix the Rabbit” deserves a special nod. He’s been hawking Trix Cereal since the 50s. We learned early that if we got our mom to buy us a box of Trix, we had to make sure not to share it. Cause Trix are for kids.

Dog Days of Summer

NSU Soccer team stepped up to the plate Saturday to volunteer at the Friends All United for Natchitoches Animals (FAUNA) monthly dog wash and nail clipping fundraiser at Tractor Supply. Some 100 pups showed up to bask in cooling bath and more.The next dog wash is Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m.

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS & EVENTS

OngoingThe Service League of Natchitoches is holding its annual Mum Sale. Cost of each pot is $22. Color selections are white, yellow, orange, purple and red. Go to http://www.serviceleague. net/mums to place an order by Sept. 3. The library is seeking donations of old dolls for a project.

Beautiful things come together one stitch at a time

The Natchitoches Parish 4-H first sewing camp was a huge success! We would like to thank Jesse Parr, NSU Costume Shop, for hosting. The students had so much fun learning basic seams, pressing techniques, naming the parts of the machine and creating a cute tissue holder.

Just Released: Folksy tale based on true Sabine court case of 1896

A new book, The Stranger Who Called Himself God, has been released by Robert Gentry of Many, a journalist for more than 60 years. He was publisher of The Sabine Index for more than 45 years and also worked as a reporter for The Natchitoches Times during his time as a college student at Northwestern.

Oh that headband!

Overall, the look was effortless chic with a twist of color.A white Twin Sister dress that fit Gabby Godfrey like a glove. It was the first photo shoot created by the then 17-year-old aspiring model from Natchitoches, La.