Lifestyle

On Aug. 16, 2014, Samantha Marie Foreman, daughter of Danny  and Jerrie Potter Foreman of Olathe, Kan., was married to Matthew Ryan Hendric Cook, son of David and Annette Cook of Sandy, Utah, in the Kansas City temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. Samantha is the granddaughter of Elouise Potter and the late Wallace Potter of Many and the late Bill and Kathleen Foreman of West Point, Miss

Historic portions of Northwestern State University’s campus were included in the National Register of Historic Places, as determined by the United States Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. The area represents an  expansion of the Normal Hill Historic District, which contains the oldest portion of the university’s campus, set around the three monumental Greek Revival columns that survive the original Bullard mansion

By Alexandra Cobb,

 

Special Assignments Rehabilitation Services hosted their first annual Back to School Bash on Friday, Aug. 8 with activities such as face painting, games with prizes, and food for the kids to enjoy. The Central Sabine Fire District was on hand to entertain the kids with a table full of goodies as well as a tour of the fire truck. The children were surprised by a visit from two famous mascots: Smokey the Bear and Daren the D.A.R.E. Lion who were there to give high fives and hugs. Boy Scout Troop 80 presented the colors and led the attendants in the Pledge of Allegiance.

(Editor’s note: Information for the following was taken from The Beaches Leader, which serves Jacksonville Beach, Florida.)

 

On the first night of his liberation from captivity, Lester “Mickey” Bostian, brother of I.D. Bostian of Many, had trouble sleeping aboard the USS Rescue. The ship was anchored off the coast of Sendai, Japan, and was a welcome sight for the sailor, who had spent the previous 41 months as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and on the mainland of Japan.