Jena High School Veterans Day Essay Winner - The Jena Times

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November 19, 2025

Jena High School Veterans Day Essay Winner

As part of the Veterans Day events held recently, Jena High School students participated in the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest.

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LaSalle Parish Honors Veterans

Programs held in Jena and Olla

By Craig Franklin Editor

November 19, 2025

LaSalle Parish residents took time Tuesday, November 11, to honor all veterans during two programs held in Jena and Olla.The day began with the Vetera...

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#thrive Arts Painting/Drawing Camp Held

By Morgan Tarpley Smith #thrive Program Assistant

November 19, 2025

Several local youth in grades fifth through twelfth attended the #thrive Arts Painting & Drawing Camp held for eight weeks recently at the old Jena To...

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Town and Country Garden Club

By Cynthia Bradford

November 19, 2025

We met Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at Nolley Methodist Church Palmer Hall. Present were: President Kelly Thompson, Nelda Tarver, Judy Baker, Glenda Co...

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Special Veterans Day Feature

A Salute to LaSalle Parish Veterans

By Deborah Mayo Contributing Writer

November 19, 2025

LaSalle Parish is home to many war and peacetime veterans, both men and women, who served in the armed forces in either combat or non-combat capacitie...

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Third Annual Veterans 5K A Success

Staff Report

November 19, 2025

On Saturday, November 8, the 3rd Annual Veterans 5K was hosted by Victory Fitness of Jena, seeing over 30 participate in the run, and many more lining...

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Craig Franklin:

The Different World of our Grandparents

November 19, 2025

Growing up as a child in the 1970s, one of my most dreaded experiences was going to my grandparent’s home. My dad’s mother and father died while I was...