How do you know when you’ve been quarantined too long??

--Staying up too late and watching too many westerns!! I think I have a crush on Matt Dillion!

--Cleaning out a recipe box or organizing pictures.

--Looking forward to doing the laundry.

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Locals are asked to join in a parade for the residents of Many Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, April 30 from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Serving as grand marshal will be Mayor Ken Freeman.

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Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced today that the Department of Treasury will return another $10.4 million in Unclaimed Property to citizens across Louisiana. More than 45,000 people will receive a check in the mail beginning this week.

With more than $880 million in Unclaimed Property to return, Louisiana Treasury has been using technology to find the rightful owners of this money. Through data matches, Treasury is able to update addresses and issue checks for money that many recipients didn’t even know existed.

“This is real money. All you have to do is cash the check,” said Treasurer Schroder. “We’re working hard to return this money to the rightful owners. ​

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana staff members are sharing their data and analytics expertise, as well as technology the company developed to drive targeted care interventions, with state officials to inform their COVID-19 response.

Since early March, Blue Cross data and analytics team members have worked closely with the Louisiana Department of Health to aggregate, analyze and model diverse data for Blue Cross members and members of state Medicaid plans, representing two out of three Louisianians. This lets them make projections about rates of hospitalization and death, healthcare facilities’ capacity and proper allocation of crucial medical resources. This information is shared with state officials to assist in planning COVID-19 mitigation measures.

On Friday, April 24 the mayor of Sabine Parish sent a signed letter to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards with concerns over the economy being partially re-opened during the COVID-19 scare.

“We are all firm believers that there is no greater threat to national security and public health than a faltering/ failing economy,” the letter reads. “Although the pandemic is a serious issue we, the mayors of Sabine Parish…. are respectively asking that the Louisiana economy be opened back up with certain safety and health precautions in place.”

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Jared Parks thought he had a good topic for his senior thesis project in the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University. But as a scientific inquiry major with plans to earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience, pharmacology and toxicology, he was worried about misinformation he saw about the Novel Coronavirus.

Parks’ new topic “The Impacts of Spreading Misinformation: the Novel Coronavirus,” addresses a major concern of those fighting the disease.

A service project begun by a group of Northwestern State University students in the Presidential Leadership Program blossomed into a victory garden learning experience for NSU Elementary Lab School students.

Earlier in the semester, PLP students worked with Dr. Michelle Morris, professor of educational psychology, to create a vegetable garden to serve university students. Under Morris’s direction, the PLP students planted a variety of vegetable seeds intended to supplement food items available at the NSU Food Pantry.

“After NSU transitioned online, the vegetable plants were given to local children so that they can grow gardens at home,” said Morris, who has worked with several local elementary schools to develop school gardens. Morris contacted Lisa Wiggins, 4-H sponsor at the NSU Elementary Lab School, who has worked with students on school vegetable, herb and flower gardens that attract butterflies and encourage interest in earth sciences.

Funeral services honoring the life of Mary Elizabeth “ Liz” Jett were held on Monday, March 16, 2020 at Union Springs Baptist Church in Converse with Bro. Charles “Chucky” Clark officiating.

Liz was born on February 20, 1967 in Greenville, Mississippi to William and Mary Ann Ryan. She entered into rest on March 13, 2020 in Many.

She was preceded in death by her father, William “Butch” Ryan; brother, Bubba Ryan, and her grandparents.

Funeral services for Agnes Pauline Brown, 93, of Hornbeck, were held on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Pleasant View Baptist Church with Rev. John Lewing II and Rev. Buddy Airhart officiating. Burial followed in the Prewitts Chapel Cemetery.

Agnes Pauline Brown was born on Thursday, June 3, 1926 in Peason, Louisiana. She passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ephriam William Bridges and Mina (Chance) Bridges; husband, Olvin Brown; sister, (baby) Mary Bridges; brother, Lee Bridges; sister, Audrey Brown Potter; sonin-law, Malcolm Cole; brothers-in-law, Murrell Jacobs and Buddy Waller.

Memorial services were held for Mr. Dannon Luke Peterson, on Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Martin & Castille’s La Fleur de Lis Chapel in Lafayette. Dannon passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

Reverend Michael Delcambre, Pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Broussard conducted the funeral services. Assisting with the service was Brother Wilton “Tony” Anthony, Pastor of Siloam Baptist Church of Many.

Survivors include his sons, Major Jay Peterson and Gage Griffin Peterson and their mother, Kelly Griffin Peterson; parents, Mr. Billy Joe and Mrs. Barbara Peterson; sisters, Shaunda Peterson Johnson and her husband Trey; Tonya Peterson Borill and her husband Josh; nieces and nephews, Jake Johnson, Payton Johnson, Reese Cortez, Rhyan Borill and Hayes Borill.