Lifestyle

Thu
12
Mar

Books and Biscuits Announce Planned 2015 Reading for Club

By: Carole Canfield

Books and Biscuits Book club met at Nonnie’s Place in Grand Cane to select its reading material for the next six months. The club selected: April – Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen; May - Running for My
Life by Lopez Lamong;

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Thu
12
Mar

Cinderella Project Hosts 3rd Annual Dress Giveaway for Local High School Junior and Senior Girls

The Cinderella Project of Shreveport will host its 3rd Annual Prom Dress Giveaway where junior and senior girls from Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Red River, and Webster Parish will shop for free prom dresses. The Cinderella Project helps these young women in attending their prom with style and confidence, while at the same time instilling an appreciation for community service and the importance of giving back.

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Wed
04
Mar

DeSoto’s Mu Chapter Prepare Treat Bags for Educators

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Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Women Educators - DeSoto Parishʼs Mu Chapter members Jane Manning and Linn Landis prepared bags of treats for faculty and staff at Mansfield Middle School for Teacher Appreciation. Picture at left are BrittanyAnderson, Administrative Assistant and Librarian Tamara Powell at right.

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Wed
04
Mar

Winter Wonderland 2015: Snow Day Pictures from Around the Area

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Winter Wonderland 2015: Snow Day Pictures from Around the Area

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Wed
25
Feb

Mansfield Main Branch Office Staff Ready to Assist Clientele

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DeSoto Parish Library Assistant Director Bill Smith and Library Assistant Peyton Guy help Mansfield Middle School sixth grader Malaga Richard with her catapult project. The DeSoto Parish Library offers a large variety of books and other helpful items, as well as online homework help, for your school needs.

 

Wed
25
Feb

NDHS Students Attend NSU’s Art Extravaganza

Students from area schools watch the Metal Pour demonstration during NSUʼs Art Extravaganza.
Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art hosted an Art Extravaganza, which consisted of a full day of workshops and demonstrations aimed at high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. The event took place on the NSU campus on Friday, February 13. NSU faculty and students held the event to familiarize high school students, teachers and parents with Northwestern State’s Fine and Graphic Arts programs and facilities, as well as art processes and facilities.

 

Wed
25
Feb

El Karubah Shriners Participate in Logansport’s 2015 Krewe of Aquarius Parade

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Those attending the 2015 Logansport Mardi Gras Parade, presented by the Krewe of Aquarius, were in for a treat when the El Karubah Shriners accepted an invitation to take part in this year’s festivities.

 

Wed
18
Feb

DeSoto Library Weekly Outreach Program Arranges Visit from Wee Care

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“We get by with a little help from our friend” seemed to be the theme at the Mansfield Nursing Center when children from Mansfield’s Wee Care came by to brighten the day of the Center’s Seniors.
 
Wed
11
Feb

Books and Biscuits Book Club Discuss “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker”

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By: Marcia Calhoun
 
The February meeting of the Books and Biscuits Club met on February 3 at Nonnie’s in Grand Cane with eighteen members present. LaBetha Casey let the discussion of Jennifer Chiaverini’s historical novel, “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker”. The author bases her novel on the life of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who not only made history but also wrote about it in her memoir, “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”.
 

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