Lifestyle

“Quilting threads will keep us together.” Patty Stringer, owner and operator of Home Made Quilts n More, explains that quilters will find one another. The new spacious location in the former “Cook and Douglas” mercantile store is a comfortable, creative place for quilters to gather, learn, and share. Travelers on busy Highway 171 stop to visit when noticing the quilting sign on the attractive store front and many express an interest in learning to quilt. Clients are located mainly along the Highway 171 corridor from Keithville to DeRidder as well as East Texas.

Patty says that she has been doing some type of sewing for most of her life. Although she has a background in electrical engineering, always in the back of her mind she wanted to open a shop to share her love and enthusiasm for fabric. In 2005 she and her husband purchased their first long arm quilting machine. That was when the wheels went into motion developing a plan to create some type of quilting/fabric shop.

The Yvette Landry Trio will perform at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum at 800 Front Street in downtown Natchitoches on Saturday, July 31 at 2 p.m. The performance is part of the 2021 NSU Folklife Concert Series, a series of six Saturday concerts in July and August. The concerts will highlight different folk musical traditions with a 45-minute music set followed by interviews with the musicians and an audience Q&A. Admission is free and open to the general public.

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The Books and Biscuits Book Club enjoyed a lively discussion and wonderful meal of gumbo, in keeping with this month’s book review of Gumbeaux Sistahs. Rhonda at Village Cuisine in Grand Cane provided an enjoyable venue of good food and fellowship for our July meeting.

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An Americana collection is on display at the Logansport Branch Library. Nicole Tull’s collection includes: a Mott’s commemorative applesauce jar; Shreveport Times newspaper (which was printed in 1976, our nation’s 200th birthday), Jack-in-the-Box commemorative mug and Shreveport Journal’s Bicentennial Edition (printed Friday, July 2, 1976).

She also has on display several Americana plates, mason jars, a bell cookie jar, placemats, 2 commemorative mugs for our country’s “200th birthday from Wayne Jones Maintenance Supplies, Inc. and Jerry Segura.

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Round hay bales can be seen dotting the lush green pastures surrounding the Village of Grand Cane. Beef cattle are being rounded up by the cowboys to be sent to auction. One of these busy farms is the Franklin Family Farm owned by John and Cole Franklin and located in the picturesque rolling hills just beyond the Village limits.

Last week, the family of Charles Johnson, a patient of Dr. Ben Leggio, wanted to show their gratitude for the care he is providing to Mr. Johnson by donating a new wheelchair and thank you card. Johnson suffered a debilitating stroke and is now bed-bound in a skilled facility. 

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The DeSoto Parish Library will be distributing safety products, such as hand sanitizers, soaps, wipes and other “care” items with our patrons who use our library system.

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The Polk Street Farmers and Makers Market Committee was invited to speak at the Mansfield Lions Club.

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Logansport Jr High Cheer & Pep Squad passed out cases of water to the Logansport Senior Citizen apartments & DeSoto Fire District #1 on Saturday, June 21st as part of their monthly community project commitment.

The squads would like to thank all the local businesses and individuals that donated water to make the event possible.

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Kellen Cox, daughter of Candy and State Representative Col. Kenny Cox was recently crowned Ms. Classy Louisiana for the Today’s International Women’s Day pageant. She recently served as Ms. Louisiana Petite for 2020-21 before being crowned in her most recent pageant. Kellen also one Second Place in the Maxim Model Cover Model contest.

“I have done my best to represent Louisiana and have started a nonprofit organization, SMMSI, and have a show on Facebook called Civil Persecution. I let people tell their stories about medical malpractice and systematic injustice that way we all learn about their stories.” Said Kellen.

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