Lifestyle

On Good Friday, April 7, various members of the Men of Prayer group in Stonewall gathered to walk on US Hwy 171 to the Stonewall-Frierson Road (Hwy 3276) and back to the North DeSoto School Campus as they took turns carrying the cross. Way of the Cross walks were held world-wide on Good Friday. The event honors Jesus’ journey of carrying the cross before he was crucified.

St. Ann’s Catholic Church would like to invite our community to our Chicken Charbroil organized by St. Ann’s Men’s Club. Tickets are available for presale, but can also be purchased the day of the event for $12! Plates will include leg quarter, sausage, beans, potato salad and cake. Did you know that we are raising funds to buy a new church? Your participation and sharing our fundraisers is a great help! We appreciate your support!

Stonewall businesses have banded together to host the Stonewall Spring Market on Saturday, March 25 at 2068 Hwy 171 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Come join in the fun for shopping, food, music, and more.

Congratulations to our Gifted & Talented Region VII Coop Summer Scholarship winners, Zoey Deas of Joaquin Jr. High Sixth Grade, and Shelby Freeman of Joaquin High School 11th Grade. These students have received scholarships to attend the summer camp of their choice. Zoey plans to attend LeTourneau Summer Camp for Junior Engineers while Shelby plans to attend the Youth Adventure Program for Forensics. We are so very proud for Zoey and Shelby and wish them the best experience with summer camp!

Nominations are open for Louisiana Wildlife Federation’s 57th Conservation Achievement Awards, which recognizes those persons and organizations in Louisiana that made outstanding contributions during 2022 to the natural resource welfare and environmental quality of their community, parish and the state.

“Louisiana’s wildlife and natural resources are a gift that we must work to conserve so future generations can enjoy the outdoors as we do today,” said Rebecca Triche, executive director for Louisiana Wildlife Federation. “Recognizing individuals, organizations and businesses for their conservation efforts in Louisiana encourages and promotes wise natural resource management and use.”

Howdy DeSoto Parish!!! Here we are again and it’s time to write about our wild group here at MNC!!!! As usual, we’ve been very busy getting in new residents and some we’ve had to let go home because they successfully completed their therapy and were READY to go home. We miss them when they go home, but we are glad they are so much better and can return to normal life.

We had the Krewe of Demeter come by Tuesday...on Fat Tuesday.... and crown our King and Queen. This year we had Mr. Billy Emfinger and Miss Debbie Pugh as our new King and Queen here at MNC and they were very surprised and honored to accept the title!! Congratulations to you both and THANK YOU Krewe of Demeter for your loyal love and support to our residents!!!! One can NEVER have enough beads!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had LOTS of King Cake to eat after the crowning ceremony and of course these folks love to eat!!! A good time was had by all.

The Mansfield Garden Club’s February meeting was held Wednesday, February 15. The meeting was called to order by President Stacy Rivers, the club collect, garden club pledge, and Pledge of Allegiance were led by Patsy Shadoin. The minutes were read by Jeanie Watson.

Hostesses Patsy Shadoin, Jeanie Watson, and Patti Young provided the refreshments with a Valentine’s Day theme for members.

The club discussed the progress of acquiring vinyl signs to advertise the annual plant sale. Also discussed was the possibility of adding items other than plants for the sale because of the effect of the devastating freeze.

The DeSoto 4-H Jr Livestock Club held their first meeting of the new year at the 4-H office this evening. Our members learned about the importance of keeping their livestock projects healthy by administering vaccines and antibiotics when needed. Mr. Josh discussed the different methods of injections and how to read a medicine bottle label. Then, they got a chance to put their knowledge to the test by giving injections of dyed water to their pet oranges and bananas. This allowed them to see the difference in giving intramuscular vs subcutaneous injections. We are excited for our Jr. Livestock Club and can’t wait to see what else is in store for this group! (submitted)

Dear Editor, My name is Vernese Green. I am a 36-year resident of Mansfield. For the past 26 years I have worked as an RN and a Clinical Manager for FMC DeSoto Dialysis at 1410 McArthur Drive in Mansfield. I have recently retired but remain on the staff at the clinic working PRN. We recently had a citywide water outage due to freezing weather, which critically affected our clinic, and it includes 70 patients. For many who may not understand Dialysis to simply put it, each patient must receive a Dialysis treatment three times a week to live and remain in health. With the number of patients we dialyze, we operated six days a week treating two groups of patients daily.

On December 23, 2022, treatments were interrupted during our second shift of dialyzing patients because the clinic lost water, as did a large area of the city. NO WATER, is a critical situation for Dialysis, for every Dialysis machine must have water to operated to filter the patient’s blood of toxins.

The Mansfield Rotary Club discussed a recent article titled “Life During War” by Wen Huang in their monthly “Rotary” magazine about the humanitarian efforts of Rotary International in war torn Ukraine. Rotary is working hand-inhand with Lions Club International and other service clubs to get supplies and support to the refugees coming into Poland from the Ukraine cities of Kyiv, Kerson, and Kharkiv .

Two million consist of mostly women and children as most of the men, old and young, are staying to protect their homes and fight the invading Russian troops. If anyone is interested in reading Wen’s article go to www.rotary.org to read part I of the article. It sure made the group proud of the financial help we’ve already sent and to be Rotarians!

The next meeting is on 2/15/23 at the Mansfield Female College Museum for lunch.