Community

Since 1965, the Jeff Davis Living Center family has made it their business to care for your loved ones. The nursing and rehab facility offers a wide variety of services to residents in their care, including medical, nursing care, mental health, therapy and rehab, medical support and dietary services, along with activities that support their four main goals.

Iknow it wasn’t my first glass of lemonade, but it was the first one I remember.

VFC prepares for annual summer event

Yield: 24 balls

Yield: 24 cups

The cast and crew of A Block Off Broadway Community Theater gather on the stage one last time as they wrap the recent production of Dearly Beloved. The troupe will return in the fall with another performance that is sure to entertain the community. For updates on ABOB, visit facebook. com/ABOBStrand.

During the American Legion Department of Louisiana Convention held at the Best Western Convention Center in Alexandria, Commission on Media and Communications Chairman Lynette Blanchard and Department Commander Carl McGee presented the department’s Local Newspaper Award for Publication of American Legion Programs and Activities to the James O. Hall Post 19. The Jennings Daily News was recognized for providing the best treatment of American Legion programs and activities in the state of Louisiana. McGee (from left) and Blanchard presented the award to Post 19 Adjutant Jesecca Creger, who painstakingly gathered and recorded every published article and picture for the official record.

During the American Legion Department of Louisiana Convention state-level meeting held in Alexandria June 6-9, Melody Bertrand, of Jennings, was named the American Legion Citizen of the Year for Louisiana. Shown presenting the award are James O. Hall Post 19 Commander Charles Burrell (from left), American Legion Department State Commander Carl McGee, Bertrand, National Security Commission Chairman Charles Lasseigne and James O. Hall Post 19 Adjutant Jesecca Creger.