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Miss Natchitoches Stephanie Parker of Stonewall competed in the 54th Annual Miss Louisiana Pageant in Monroe June18-24. Parker is one of 32 contestants who competed for the title. Although Miss Shreveport Laryssa Bonacquisti won the title for this year’s Miss Louisiana, Parker had a really great experience during the competition.

This was Parker’s first state competition, and she has only competed in three pageants.

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The DeSoto All-stars T-ball team will play at the State Tournament in Shreveport July 6. They will play double elimination tournament. If they win first place they will go to World Series in Ruston.

The 6-Youth Ball team is made up of 12 boys who are ages five and six. The team was picked at an All Star Meeting from each of the five teams in the league.

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The Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate the owner of three horses that were located on LA Hwy. 513 on Saturday, July 1. The horses are described as follows:  one red mare with a white blaze face, one blackish gray mare and one red gilding with white stockings on both left legs.

To claim possession and retrieve the three horses, the owner will be responsible for all fees and cost to capture and impound the  horses. Interested parties should contact Lt. Phillip Daniels at the Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office at (318) 872-3956.

Mansfield Athletic Booster Club’s firework stand is now open for business for the 2017 Fourth of July firework season. The booster club has been selling fireworks toraise money for the athletic club for over 30 years. The money raised goes toward the football team’s food, travel, out of town buses and scholarships.

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Cupid and the Dance Party Express performed live Friday night at the Juneteenth Festival. Other entertainment acts for the weekend included DJ Big Jon, TK Soul, Ferrari Fox, DJ Love and MC Fiji.

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The Mansfield Lions Club installed their officers and Board of Directors for the new year starting July 1.

The Officers and Board members are, from left, Raymond Powell, Joyce Smelley, Past President Van Reech, Evelyn Powell, Christy Shoalmire, Mary Jo Sallis, Richard Wilkinson, Robert Powell, Anne Gannon and New President Nick Gasper.

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The construction of a splash pad at the Gordon Chandler Children’s Park in Logansport was completed last week.

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Police Jury voted at their June 12 meeting to name the Road Department Building to honor long-time board member J. O. Burch.

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The Police Jury’s Administrator’s Report revealed that FEMA would not be offering any assistance to those in DeSoto Parish who were affected by the Memorial weekend storm.

Although GOSEP, who reports to FEMA, came up and saw the damage caused by the storm, FEMA decided that there was not enough for their assistance.

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The aftermath of the Memorial weekend storm was a hot topic for the June 5 Jury Meeting. The back-and-forth question during public comments—was there a plan in place? According to the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) Administrator Todd Edwards, there was.

“We believe the response to this storm was excellent given the conditions and hardships faced by the responders,” Edwards said. “Of course, everyone would have liked the power to come back on sooner, but we ultimately have no control over that. Given the amount of damage to the power lines across the Parish we believe the electric companies did a great job restoring the electrical grid.”

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