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By Daniel Jones, editor

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

Although that quote from Gandhi is decades old, it says a lot about how a society operates, and that their attitudes toward the least of their citizens is the way it should be judged. 

For a number of years, Sabine Parish was without an animal shelter, but ten years ago that changed after the citizens of the parish worked hard on fundraisers before seeing fit to enact a very small property tax, which brought about the shelter and funds to run it.

Longtime lawman and former town of Many Police Chief Dean Lambert painted a gruesome picture of what enforcement was before the tax.

“Oh what I would have given for the shelter to be in operation when I was chief,” Lambert said.  “The police were receiving constant complaints about stray dogs in packs that were attacking their dogs, or worse, threatening them or their children.”

By Daniel Jones

Each year, Zwolle’s beloved Loggers and Forestry Festival honors one person whose career has been defined by the years of service put toward the town’s top industry, logging. This year the board will honor Jimmy Maroney.

“I’ve adopted Zwolle as a second home,” Maroney said of the honor. “I’ve worked there for years, made lots of friends, and have enjoyed working in the community.”

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By Daniel Jones

After blanking on a victory for 11 seasons, John Murray took to the waters of Toledo Bend on April 6-9 and came away with a resounding win that sent ripples over the waters of tournament bass fishing and the Bassmaster Elite.

“I’ve been on the Elite Series since its inception,” Murray told Bryan Brasher of Bassmaster.com. “All that time I’ve been trying to win one, and I always thought I would, but as the years went by and the competition kept getting better and better, I was starting to think that maybe it wasn’t going to happen.”

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Laurie Morrow holds Allie Grace, two-month-old daughter of Julie Kernaghan, wore a short that said, “I relay for Mrs. Morrow.” The pink bow in her hair stood for breast cancer, which Morrow survived.

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Kaleb Johnson is the six-year-old son of Laiken and Justin Springer of Zwolle and Colby Johnson of Florien.  He is a kindergarten student at Zwolle Elementary and was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2016.  Since his diagnosis, his aunt Lindsey Rivers has created t-shirts as a way of supporting Kaleb and Autism Awareness in Sabine Parish. 

On Monday, April 3, the Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce coordinated a Career & Education Expo, hosted from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the CDC Building, next to the Many Post Office.

Sponsors of the event included Walsh Timber, ATMOS, Sabine Medical Center, Sabine State Bank & Trust Co., Bank of Montgomery and Attorney Charles Soileau.

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Jason “Scotty” Meshell, 36, of Zwolle, who escaped from the Sabine Parish Detention Center on March 28, was apprehended on April 5, in Red River Parish.

Meshell was being held on a parole violation for possession of Schedule II, as well as failure to register as a sex offender, obstruction of a public passage, careless operation, resisting by flight, flight from an officer, and switched plates. He now faces additional charges for simple escape and theft of a motor vehicle.

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The Easter Bunny and the Town of Many have some big plans for Many and Sabine Parish children on Saturday, April 15.

Children and their families will meet the Easter Bunny at the Many Community Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15. They’ll also watch an Easter movie “Hop” at the theater after their pictures with the Easter Bunny have been made.

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This year’s Bassmaster Elite is Jacob Wheeler’s first tournament on Toledo Bend, and by the end of day one on April 6 he was sitting atop the leader board.

The Indianapolis, Indiana native weighed in five fish at 25 pounds, one ounce.

The Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the tournament so far has been caught by Jason Christie with a nine pound, 10 ounce catch.

 With today’s weigh-in just a few hours away, we will see if they stay on top of those leader boards.

Jason “Scotty” Meshell, 36, of Zwolle, who escaped from the Sabine Parish Detention Center on March 28 was apprehended on April 5 in Red River Parish. 

Meshell was being held on a parole violation for possession of schedule II, as well as failure to register as a sex offender, obstruction of a public passage, careless operation, resisting by flight, flight from an officer, and switched plates. He now faces additional charges for simple escape and theft of a motor vehicle. 

Cassie Ezernack, 24, of Zwolle, was arrested with Meshell and is now facing charges of accessory after the fact to simple escape and theft of a motor vehicle.