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Registration is open for Art Camp at Northwestern State University. There will be two sessions for children, “Robots Everywhere!” and “Pirates and Sea Creatures” for children ages 5-11 and Advanced Projects for Teens for 12-18-yearolds.

Northwestern State University’s School of Education hosted an apple pinning ceremony for future educators who are now teacher candidates. Students eligible for the pinning are education majors who have completed 30 hours of coursework while maintaining a grade point average of 2.5 or better.

An online phlebotomy technician training class will be offered by Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education in Alexandria beginning June 24 in Room 164 of NSU’s Cenla campus at 1410 Neel Kirby Blvd. The deadline to register is June 19.

Here is a look at the week of April 28 – May 4 at Northwestern State University. Feb.

Sweet Honey is a darling little 4 year old mixed-breed pup who really lives up to her name. Honey AKA “Honey Bun” has a fun, lively, friendly personality! She never meets a stranger and loves playing with kids and other dogs.

Friends All United for Natchitoches Animals (FAUNA is offering vouchers toward the cost of spaying and neutering your dogs and cats. Pet owners in Natchitoches and Red River parishes are eligible.

The House and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-5 on party lines Wednesday to advance a bill favored by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry that calls for a limited constitutional convention next month.

BAYOU PON PON — A SLICE OF HEAVEN My brother Tom, our friend, Jerry Fowler, and I used to ride our bikes through the small town of Coushatta singing a happy song, “Saturday Night on Bayou Pon-Pon.” Not a real town, Bayou Pon-Pon in South Louisiana, is representative of many communities where, on Saturday night, families gathered at a seafood restaurant (really a bar-grill) to eat boiled shrimp, crab, oysters, crawfish, fried catfish, hush puppies, boiled corn, and potatoes, beer and Cokes. When the tables were cleared, a Cajun band began to play footstomping music, mostly of the two-step variety.