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The Police Jury of Sabine Parish was administered the oath of office by Clerk of Court Tammy Foster on Monday, January 11.

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The Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA) received the Conservation Partnership Award from the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts (LACD) at its annual meeting in Lafayette on Tuesday, January 12. John Toliver, president of TBLA, was present at the annual banquet to receive the award on behalf of TBLA.

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Jamairous Newton earned a spot on the Spring 2015 Dean’s List at Southern Arkansas University. Newton, a sophomore, is an Exercise Science major from Many.

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After eight long years, the family of murder victim, Millie Lambert, 70, of Trinidad Drive in Noble still don’t have any answers. A lot has happened since her death on that Saturday night in the small community which bordered San Patricio Bayou on Toledo Bend Lake.

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All are cordially invited to attend the march and celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Junior on Monday, January 18, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the corner of Alabama Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The march will end at King’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church with program beginning at 11 a.m.

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Northwestern State University president Dr. Jim Henderson said the election Monday of Sen. Gerald Long of Natchitoches as President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana Senate “gives higher education an effective and influential advocate at the highest level of state government.”

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Bank of Montgomery, the premier bank of northwest Louisiana with assets of $280 million, has been renamed BOM. The new name reflects the bank’s growth in recent months to nine branches in five northwestern parishes: Natchitoches, Sabine, Grant, Bienville and Bossier. It also reflects the way most customers already refer to the bank.

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by Daniel Jones, editor

Each year, The Sabine Index takes several issues to review the previous year while pointing out the parish’s many milestones and happenings.

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Alan Williams, Vice Chairman welcomed a large crowd to the 21st annual Sabine Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) awards luncheon, “This luncheon is important because we take a moment to recognize the hard work of every winner here today. We assist, the Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) in administering cost share programs We are proud of the positive impact conservation programs have in the lives of all customers and their families.

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The National Catholic Youth Conference, frequently referred to as NCYC, is a three-day event for Roman Catholic youth across America. NCYC is held in U.S. cities every two years and is organized by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry. Catholic teenagers from St. Joseph in Zwolle and St. Ann Mission in Ebarb joined more than 25,000 for NCYC in Indianapolis from November 19-21. The Zwolle delegation traveled by bus with 91 teenagers and adult volunteers from the Diocese of Shreveport for the five day trip.

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