July 2022

Is the gardening craze growing on you?

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According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods has tripled since 2008.

Money before students

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In America, often the dollar comes before a student’s quality of life and basic needs.

Summit addresses school safety

State officials are acknowledging the need for better and stronger safety to protocols in schools throughout Louisiana.

GRANDMOTHER GETS LETTER FROM BRITISH QUEEN

A story in the Beaumont Enterprise of a 91-year-old greatgreat-grandmother receiving a letter from England's queen was of great interest in Jennings. Mrs. D. R. Weyand, of Dallas, who received the treasured letter is the grandmother of Mrs. O.H. Clary of this city.

62 trucks await until 2 a.m. to unload rice, prices stay firm

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The Jeff Davis rice harvest is gradually reaching a peak, and as a result many of the facilities for drying and milling the grain are working at top speed and on 24-hour basis.

Specialist Coming To Sanitarium

The attention of persons suffering from Eye, Ear, Nose or Throat troubles is called tot eh fact that a clinic will be held at the Sanitarium Friday, Feb. 25th, at which all persons suffering from any of the above diseases may have their cases examined by a Specialist.

Daly Williams writes of visit to historic Moscow

Master Sergeant Daly Williams is probably the first Jennings soldier to visit Moscow and he has written of a visit to the Russian capital. The weather, he says, is not yet freezing, but not far from it, giving a foretaste of what Russian winters are like.

Dipping Cattle

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In this undated photograph from the early 1900s, at the A.R. McBurney sale barn in Welsh, cattle was dipped to control ticks and other diseases before the livestock was shipped to buyers. PHOTO: Jefferson Davis Parish: An Oral History

Wood takes no-hitter into 7th, Giants beat Cubs to stop skid

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Wood took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Thursday night to stop a seven-game slide.

ABSOLUTE CHAMPION

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Summer Invitational Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022 is one of the most heavily contested tournaments in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.