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When a young man with Cystic Fibrosis requested Christmas cards, Brittany Bashara’s Zwolle Elementary Class answered the call and sent him a number of holiday well wishes. Participating were, on bottom from left are Kamila; Quistan, D’Andria, Dahvon, Emma, Riley and Alli. On the back row are Mrs. Lewing, Ms. Melina, Lexie, Ky’Rihanna, Keegan, Leah, Naja, Ethan, Addysen, Jace, Tristan, Carder, Dallis, and Mrs. Bashara.

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During the famous Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941, these training maneuvers were broken down to Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1 ran from September 15 to September 19, 1941, and Phase 2 ran from September 24 to September 28, 1941.

During Phase 1 General George S. Patton and his 2^nd Armored Division were assigned to the Red Second army commanded by General Ben Lear. Early on the morning of September 15 Patton and his troops attacked across the Red River westward toward Fort Jesup and Many, La. from the area near Winnfield, Montgomery, and Natchitoches. Patton’s armored units had to be stopped. But how could they be stopped and just where would the Blue 3^rd Army stop him?

General Patton had been ordered to attack westward and then turn south-southeast in an attempt to push the Blue Army back. The goal of these armored attacks were to hit hard and fast and move in and capture the town of Leesville and Camp Polk, thus winning the maneuver battle for Phase

Bank of Montgomery was a sponsor of the Sabine Free State Festival last October. In the photo are Daniel Bennett, BOM Market President and Clancey Stewart, Sabine Free State Festival Committee Secretary.

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The weekend of December 1-2 provided the “Reason for the Season” and the USSSA Winter Nationals XIV brought the participants to battle for championships, however it was the TOYS for TOTS program that was the big winner.

Some 67 teams converged over the weekend at the Youngsville Sports Complex and the Broussard Sports Complex, and it was these participants who supplied in excess of 2000 toys for the Marine Corps’ TOYS for TOTS.

Marine Corps League State Commandant, Ronnie Broussard, commented “we want to thank Louisiana USSSA for their support by including Toys for Tots in this outstanding event. The efforts of this event made a lot of children happy on Christmas morning. The amount of toys collected was unbelievable. Louisiana USSSA has stepped in as a valuable partner to Toys for Tots, and its mission to provide a Christmas for all needy children.”

Louisiana State University has announced students named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester.

Students named to the list must have grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.99 in at least 15 credit hours.

Laura C. Spann of Pleasant Hill was named from the College of Human Sciences and Education.

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Many Elementary is proud of their Students of the Week, especially during the season where every child has the Christmas break on their mind.

For the week of December 10, the following students were named to the list:

Joseph Dale, Kameron Rockingham, Spencer Sepulvado, Camille Miller, Morgan Garner, Brysen Bloodsworth, Maitlyn Knippers, and Braylan Alford were named as the Pre-K students.

Kindergarten Students of the Week were Nickolas Rivers, Willow McDonald, Stella McElwee, Layla Waltz, and Dulce Cabrera.

The first graders were Samuel Holbert, Charles Jackson, Zaya Thomas, Zane Ebarb, David Harris, and Kemarious Johnson.

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