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Prior to the Town of Logansport’s regular council meeting on Tuesday, January 12, Mayor Judge Cordray and the town council members were sworn in by Justice of the Peace for District 6, Jere’ S. Guillotte.

Incumbents returning to office include Mayor Judge Cordray, and Councilwomen Katherine Freeman and Pam H. Thomas. Cordray was easily re-elected defeating his challenger, Lyntroyce Hewitt, 405 votes to Hewitt’s 202. The leading number of votes received out of the field of candidates determines the position of Mayor Pro Tempore, with Freeman winning that position by only one vote. She received 360 votes, with new councilman Mark Woods right next to her with 359. Besides Woods new council members include Anthony Wilson and Zachary “Big Zach” Bossier.

The regular board meeting of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury was held on Tuesday, January 12, which was a day later than it’s usually scheduled, due to the snow and ice that fell across the parish on Sunday night and Monday morning.

Thomas Jones, Juror for District 4D, read aloud the following letter during the Guest and Public Comments portion of the meeting. District Attorney Charles Adams was sitting in the designated place that the attorney sits in within the board’s horseshoe. The letter is being printed in The Enterprise unedited:

Dear Jurors,

Charles Adam’s cannot represent the jury because jurors filed complaints against him and he presided over a matter against the entire jury.

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Charles Adams will begin serving as District Attorney for DeSoto Parish on Monday, January 11. Adams was administered the Oath of Office on

December 23, 2020 by Judge Amy Burford McCartney, with Judge Nicholas Gasper holding the Bible.

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Some of the best memories and photographs we can remember at The Enterprise of our historic courthouse involve snow We were able to catch a few photos early Monday morning, then later as the snow began to melt. Attorney Bryce Denny captured the photo of the courthouse while the snow was falling Sunday Night, with Enterprise photographer Billy J. Morris taking the others. The entire parish was covered with a beautiful blanket of snow, with children enjoying playing in the rarely seen white stuff in our area.

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The Enterprise found District Attorney Charles Adams and his new team hard at work in their office early Monday morning, even though a snow day holiday had been declared by the parish. Adams stated that once he was able to access the office on Friday evening, they entered the building and got busy, working through the weekend. 

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Sheriff Richardson (on left) would like to thank DeSoto Parish School Superintendent Clay Corley (on right) for stopping by Friday morning, January 8, to deliver donuts to the deputies in honor of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DPSO expressed their appreciation for all of our DeSoto Parish School staff, and their dedication to the future of our students. The donuts were enjoyed by all staff that visited the break room.

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On January 7, DeSoto Parish Schools Superintendent Clay Corley was recognized as the Superintendent of the Year for Region VII in Louisiana. Other parishes included in the region beside DeSoto include Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster.

Corley was presented a plaque by Gwile Paul Freeman with Taylor and Sons Insurance and Financial service at the DPSB’s regular meeting.

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Happy New Year, everyone!

Many of our activities have been impacted by the pandemic. We have been working on plans for 2021 during this downtime for our official affiliation in the first quarter of the year. We wrote and received a grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful to help promote a clean and healthy DeSoto Parish. We also held an electronics recycling and paper-shredding event.

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The Grinch may not have stolen Christmas in DeSoto Parish with everyone realizing that Christmas indeed is a little bit more than ribbons, packages, lights, and decorations, but Covid has stolen yet one more of our freedoms that we all have taken for granted…the celebration of Mardi Gras, including parades. The day that we recognize as the birth of Jesus Christ was still celebrated, although in most cases were in smaller family groups and in each person’s own special way. How we celebrate Mardi Gras will once again be left up to each individual and their religious beliefs.

It has been a tradition for The Enterprise to team up and help Santa with his letters from DeSoto Parish, Joaquin, and Pleasant Hill children for several decades. This year with postal issues plaguing the country he needed our help more than ever.

Believe me, we did our part with special Santa letter elf Kaycee Deas, along with staff members Martha Rivers and Julie Morris typing over 18 pages of letters that expressed the children’s heartfelt wishes and want lists. To our unsung behind the scenes graphics designer for NTN, Jim McAlphin,...you did a fantastic job on the Santa Letter cover and layout while placing the letters in just the right order. We thank you!