Community

I ignored the first slur. I told myself, “It doesn’t matter.”

KC NEWS

As a way to boost community and family involvement while also adding a fun spin on reading, Lacassine High School brought together parents, grandparents, families and students recently for the school’s first annual Literacy Lunch initiative. The adults picked spots on the playground to spread out a blanket, enjoy lunch and read to their children.

FAMILY FEATURES

Monday morning, we opened the office on South Jefferson Street, in the heart of downtown Perry, Fla., and noticed that one of two concrete planters flanking the front door of the newspaper office was missing a plant. There wasn’t dirt scattered around; the plant had been retrieved carefully, dirt intact, and was nowhere to be found.

District Attorney Lauren Heinen (from left), Jennings Mayor Henry Guinn, Communities Against Domestic Abuse Director Cynthia Petry and CADA Board President Megan Miller gathered at Jennings City Hall to proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Each year, Petry obtains a proclamation from the governor that is then signed by the city’s mayor. This is one of many steps CADA takes to bring awareness to the growing problem of domestic violence right here in Jeff Davis Parish.