A local family has lost everything in a recent house fire and needs help from the community. Early Thursday morning Joel Salter, Sonya Bell and their three children lost everything they own in a house fire, with the cause yet to be
determined when The Enterprise went to press. They were renting their home and had no insurance on the contents
The deadline has been reached for nominations for Employee of the Year, but plans continue for the first annual event, which is hosted by the Mansfield Alive Committee. The new event was launched so employees of the area could be recognized and honored. The banquet is slated for Saturday, August 23 at 7:00 PM, and will be held at the Clista A. Calhoun Center
With qualifying set for August 20 through 22, several DeSoto Parish residents have announced their intent to run for offices that include DeSoto Parish School Board District 1, DeSoto Parish School Board District 9, DeSoto Parish School Board District 11 and DeSoto Parish District Attorney.
Richard Z. Johnson, Jr., District Attorney for Desoto Parish, has recently been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association. District Attorney David W. Burton was elected President of the Association. Burton is District Attorney in the Thirty-sixth Judicial District of Louisiana in Beauregard Parish.
U.S. Senator David Vitter, during his visit last Tuesday afternoon in the Clista A. Calhoun Center, was peppered with questions during a visit, which lasted almost an hour. He did mention twice that he would be a candidate for
governor of Louisiana during the next election. It was his swing through the state to hold “town hall meetings”.
Nominations have been extended until Monday, August 18 for the Employee of the Year banquet, hosted by the Mansfield Alive Committee. The new event was launched so employees of the area could be recognized and honored. The banquet is slated for Saturday, August 23 at 7:00 PM, and will be held at the Clista A. Calhoun Center.
The DeSoto Chamber of Commerce has a new idea to encourage members to attend monthly meetings by offering them a chance to win an IPad. The contest began on Tuesday, July 15, which was the regular meeting date of Chamber members. When Fall rolls around, one lucky member will own the new electronic device
Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack has been elected President of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association for the 2014-15 term, succeeding Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso, according to Michael Ranatza, Executive Director of the LSA. Sheriff Waguespack will lead the Association’s sixty-four chief law enforcement officers and 14,000 deputies.
McLawrence Fuller, on left, is pictured with his son, Timothy Fuller, that was appointed by the DPSB to fill the remainder of his fatherʼs term. The younger Fuller will qualify to run for a full term later this month.
After expressing their gratitude to Brookshires-Mansfield store for their campaign to obtain Gatorade for Mansfieldʼs First Responders, area department Chiefs and the Store Director posed for The Enterprise camera
