Lifestyle

In an effort to expose our kids to role models in the DeSoto Parish Community, Mrs. Henderson, English teacher at SHS is inviting community leaders to speak with our students.. Our first guest was Judge Amy Burford McCartney, 42nd Judicial District Judge. Judge McCartney (pictured on right-hand front) spoke to the juniors and seniors about her accomplishments beginning with her high school career and how she has obtained her current position.

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On Saturday, October 26, Mansfield State Historic Site will re-create the gruesome aftermath of a Civil War battle by taking visitors on a special night tour of the Mansfield battlefield. Authentically costumed tour guides will take visitors onto the battlefield by candle lantern, where re-enactors in period dress will act out various scenes at stops along the trail. Tours will last app. 30 minutes and run ongoing starting at 7:30 pm, with the last tour departing at 9:15 pm.

The Mansfield Garden Club met, Wednesday, September 18, at the De Soto Chamber of Commerce building Mansfield with approximately 20 members present. Members wore hats in honor of Edna Thornton long time member who served as Chapter President and was Program Chairman for many years. She was employee of the Chamber of Commerce for many years. We thank Edna for her service to the Garden Club and her service to the community. We miss you, Edna.

Mr. Wardell Bowie, Superintendent, Mundy Landfill was to be guest speaker had an emergency and had to cancel. We look forward to having him speak at a later date. In his place Stacy Rivers presented a program on the process of photosynthesis upon which all life is dependent. The research was done by her daughter as a school science project.

Do you have too much “stuff” in your house and you would like a chance to get rid of it while making a little extra cash? Organizers are making plans to help you out with the announcement of the date for the fifth annual non-ceasing yard sale to wind through DeSoto Parish and end in Joaquin, Texas. The “Fifty Mile Trail of Treasures” will be a continuous yard sale, with vendors setting up on Hwy 171 in Stonewall, where they will continue through Mansfield. Shoppers and treasure seekers will then find their way down Hwy 84 through Stanley and Logansport, cross over the bridge into Texas with Haslam and Joaquin lying at the end of the trail.

NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, announced on August 27 that 12 state senators and 38 representatives who served in 2018-19 achieved a 100 percent NFIB Voting Record. State Representative for District 7 Larry Bagley was among those mentioned.

“Our members are grateful to these lawmakers for their strong, consistent support of Louisiana’s small businesses,” said Dawn Starns, NFIB’s state director for Louisiana. “Their records show that they really understand the challenges our members face daily.”

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