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The Sabine Parish School System was hit with an electronic virus early Sunday morning.  This virus has disabled some of their technology systems and central office phone system.

The district staff reported this electronic viral attack to local law enforcement, state officials and the FBI.  All available resources are being utilized to get the district systems back on line.  An investigation involving local, state and federal law enforcement is ongoing at this time.

The school phone systems were not affected by this attack. The central office phone system is being repaired and service will be restored as soon as possible.

According to the Louisiana Department of Education, several other school districts were attacked by the same virus this week.

Members of the Many Lions Club showed they truly believe in their motto : “Together, We Serve” by volunteering their time and expertise recently.

With over 1.4 million members nationwide, the Lions Club is the largest service organization in the world.

Twice each summer, members travel to the Louisiana Lions Children’s Camp in Leesville to provide supper to the campers.

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The Sabine Parish Library ended its successful Universe of Stories summer reading program for children with the Grand Finale Science Tellers program at the Many Community Center last week.

Dr. Cosmos, a mad scientist who told great stories about aliens coming to Earth, performed before an enthusiastic audience of children who had participated in the library’s popular summer reading program.

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The Sabine Parish School District’s (SPSD) high school graduation rate has increased for the fourth consecutive year to 95.4%. Louisiana’s graduation rate is currently 81.4%. The district continues to rank among the top 10 districts in the state with a graduation rate greater than 95% and is ranked first in the Central Region. Converse and Florien lead the district with a rate of 100%, with Florien exhibiting significant gains. Many High and Pleasant Hill are ranked second and third respectively, in graduation rates within the district.

Central Sabine Fire Chief Scott Gowen has announced that the board passed a measure to allow two part-time positions in the district, which will fill a much-needed hole in fire protection.

The two positions will be ten hours per day, Monday through Friday when most volunteers are working.

“We want to make sure that all calls go answered,” Gowen said.  “We treat alarms and fires the same, so not answering an alarm is as serious as not answering a fire.

He points to historically low numbers of volunteers, which is affecting volunteer fire departments as a whole across the board.

To pay the employees, money will be moved from their equipment testing fund. 

“The two new employees will be testing hoses and equipment at the station but will be immediately available to answer any calls that come in,” Gowen said.

Those who are staffing the stations will be existing firefighters, who may work offshore or be retired.

Members of the Many Lions Club showed they truly believe in their motto : “Together, We Serve” by volunteering their time and expertise recently.

With over 1.4 million members nationwide, the Lions Club is the largest service organization in the world.

Twice each summer, members travel to the Louisiana Lions Children’s Camp in Leesville to provide supper to the campers.

On Wednesday, July 10, six members of the Many club and two tag-a-longs prepared grilled hamburgers with lettuce, tomatoes and onions and all the trimmings, with 100 pounds of potatoes for curly fries, to almost 100 campers at the camp.  This was their second time this summer to feed the campers.

President Jim Cole has been coming to the camp and serving others for a number of years.

This time, he was accompanied by Stewart Carnline, Jamey Johnson, Bart Bartels, Matthew Couvillion and Angela Robinson and Donna and Kenneth Ammons.