Lifestyle

The Sabine Fair and Rodeo are pleased to announce their 2017 royalty. Pictured in no particular order are Baby Miss Huntar Stoker, Tiny Miss Kentliegh Woods, Toddler Miss Harper Sepulvado, Little Miss Raliegh White, Petite Miss Chelsie Hall, Deb Miss Cailyn Kay, Junior Miss Kamrhyn Croker, Teen Miss Kaitlyn Foshee, Miss Kristina Horton, and Miss Sabine Fair and Rodeo Anna Campbell.

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Students and members of the faculty and staff at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts enjoyed a Christmas party and cookie exchange on Monday, December 4, in the lobby of the Center for Performance and Technology. Guests also enjoyed performances by students in the mixed ensemble and chorale. Pictured are Cece Warren, left, a sophomore from Many, and Andrea Richard, a sophomore from Sunset.

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By  Rickey Robertson

In the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes wise king Solomon writes that there is a purpose for all things and that there is a time to plant and a time to pluck what you have planted. We have many traditions that we continue to use out in the country that pertains to our crops and of gathering and preserving them. When the first frost falls we know it is “hog killin’ time,” time to go and start smoking fresh meat in the smoke house, and also time for “syrup makin’!” So many of our traditions have been lost over the years.

Raeleigh-Mae Denise Brodnax was born November 8, 2017, at 1:14 p.m. to Thomas and Tracy Brodnax. She was eight pounds, two ounces and 20 inches long.

Her grandparents on her mother’s side are David Irvin Strebeck of Marthaville and Jessie Mae Strebeck of Many. Great-grandparents are Amos and Linnie Strebeck of Marthaville and William Henry and Edna Mae Pender of Montgomery.

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A Veterans Day luncheon was held on November 11 at the Zwolle-Ebarb Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5187.

The luncheon was sponsored by two organizations, the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb and the Post 5187 and its auxiliary.

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Jonathan Rivera has taken his love of physical activity that began when he was a little boy watching his grandmother rise each day at 5 a.m. to work out and introduced Life in Motion to students and members of the faculty and staff at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.

“My vision is to jumpstart a health promotion program that will increase the value and importance of physical activity on academic success for the student body prior to transitioning to college and beyond,” said Rivera, a residence life intern at LSMSA and a graduate assistant in fitness and wellness at Northwestern State University. “This extends beyond that holistically to other dimensions of wellness.

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Joe and Jeannet Dewil of Floriencelebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 7 at Cypress Bend Resort. They were wed on October 7, 1967 in Shreveport.

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