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Ronney Joe Webb, Associate Pastor and Minister of Activities at First Baptist Church in Shreveport, recently spoke to the Mansfield Lions Club about his recent visit to China. Webb traveled with a group that went to several churches, some “underground”, to worship and minister to Chinese Christians. Pictured with Rev. Webb are Mansfield Lion President Van Reech and Acting Program Director Hope Calhoun. (photo submitted by John Blanchard)   

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Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center (Central LA AHEC) collaborated with DeSoto Regional Health System and DeSoto arish School Board to bring the “A-HEC of a Summer” program to high school students living in DeSoto parish. Fifteen students were selected to volunteer at DeSoto Regional Health System for 15 days this summer, rotating through various departments in the hospital to gain hands-on experiences with the goal of determining whether or not a health career is a good choice for their future.

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Nikki Heard, bride-elect of George Lozano, was honored with a bridal shower on July 26 that was held in the Carroll Fellowship Hall at the First United Methodist Church in Logansport.

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Katelyn Long has been awarded the DRTA Scholarship for 2015. Katelyn is a 2015 graduate of Stanley High School who plans to attend LSU-Shreveport this fall and pursue a degree in Secondary Mathematics Education. When asked why she wants to be a teacher her reply was that "she is good in math and enjoyed tutoring students to earn community service hours for Beta Club". Her involvement in many school organizations, her impressive ACT score and the college credits she earned while in high school are an auspicious start to her career in education. Pictured with Katelyn is Wanda Rougeau, president of DRTA.

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It was easy for Alisha Munds to take the role of Patsy Cline to heart. Munds plays Cline in the Northwestern Summer Dinner Theatre production of “Always Patsy Cline,” which will be presented July 29 – Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 – 8 in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting at 6 p.m. and the show getting underway at 7 p.m. “Growing up, I heard lots of Elvis (Presley) and Patsy Cline,” said Munds who is from Shreveport. “My dad made sure I knew their music. His mother, my grandmother, Alta Burks was one of Patsy’s backup singers in California. She would also sing Patsy Cline songs on local radio stations. When I would see my grandmother, she would sing Patsy Cline songs to me, so her music is dear to my heart.”

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The Pelican Branch of theDeSoto Parish Library will host abook signing on Friday, July 24 at1:00 PM.  Author Debbie Tingle willbe available to sign copies of herbook, “The Lord Gave and Lord Hath Taken Away,” which is are flection of her own life.

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Elementary school teachers from around Louisiana completed Project Lead the Way Launch training at Northwestern State University this week.  Project Lead the Way Launchis a curriculum for kinder garten through fifth grades that teache sprinciples of engineering to encourage interest in science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas.  NSU isthe Louisiana affiliate university for Project Lead the Way, a non-profit organization that provides K-12STEM programs to public, private and charter schools throughout theUnited States.

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