Community

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Calendar Guidelines Items for Community Calendar must be submitted during regular weekday business hours at least two weeks prior to the day of the event. Events run in the order

Tips offered to drive more efficiently

Unlicensed drivers learning to drive are often taught the benefits of defensive driving. Safety is often the focus of such lessons, but the benefits of driving safely and efficiently extend

NATIONAL BRIEFS

Two children die, 3 people hurt in Louisiana mobile home fire BELLE CHASSE (AP) — Two children have been killed and three people have been hurt in a mobile home

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Calendar Guidelines Items for Community Calendar must be submitted during regular weekday business hours at least two weeks prior to the day of the event. Events run in the order

Iota High School recognizes honor roll students

Iota High School recently announced Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the first six weeks. The following students that are included in that list:

Principal’s List

Age group champions crowned

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On September 29, 2018 Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Jennings conducted their annual Youth Soccer Challenge at Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Elementary School soccer field in Jennings.

Crowned champions for their respective age groups were, on the front row from left to right, Colleen Fontenot (11-yearold girls), Patrick Fontenot (13-yearold boys), and Owen Oliver (12-year-old boys). Officiating the event for the KCs were, back row from left to right, Carl Benoit, Joel Richert, and Michael Fontenot.

Family of Month, Knight of Month honored at KC meeting

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During the October meeting of Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Jennings, the family of John and Marietta Louviere was selected as the Council’s Family of the Month for September 2018.

The Louvieres were chosen for being an exemplary Knights of Columbus family.

Local births announced

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LaBouve

Brennon and Heather LaBouve of Jennings announce the birth of their son, Collin Joseph, born Aug. 13, 2018.

Collin weighed eight pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 20 inches long. He was welcomed home by his siblings, William, Parker and Annie.

Maternal grandparents are Loretta Smith and the late Keith Darbonne, both of Jennings. Paternal grandparents are Bobby and Sherree LaBouve of Hathaway.

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (a moment of fiction)

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Robert was an unassuming guy. He and his wife, Mary, were parents to two daughters appropriately named Roberta and Maria. His demise at an early age, around 50, was a shock and a disappointment as early death always is. We were co-workers, he and I, from 1975 until his death. It is interesting how we are reminded of those who have passed on. In this case I thought of him as a tragic soul who never seemed on top of his existence. He seemed always to be weighed down by something.

CASA coordinators address Rotary Club

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Janet Jones and Verley Freeman, CASA Volunteer Coordinators, spoke to the Jennings Rotary Club on Oct.9.They presented information on the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. Volunteers are trained and supported by the CASA staff at Family & Youth to speak in court on behalf of abused or neglected children who have been removed from their homes. Shown above are (from left) Verley Freeman, Rotary President Patsy Richard and Janet Jones.