Lifestyle

Five members of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International attended the 85th State Convention at the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center, March 15-17.

Those who attended included Chapter President Angela Smith, Nelda Tarver, Carmon Cook, Ivy Strozier, and Starla Clark.

President Angela Smith proudly accepted awards on her chapter’s behalf for Silver Key Chapter and 2019 Newsletter. Starla Clark received a certificate for 25 years of membership, and Carmon Cook was awarded the Eleanor Blatterman Scholarship for Praxis Reimbursement.

The members attended several workshops and participated in various fundraising events. Special guest speakers at the convention included Elaine Warwick, Southeast Regional Director, and Shellie Tomlinson, local author, and motivated speaker.

The LSU AgCenter will host a spring horticulture forum April 3 at the Tom H. Scott Research and Extension Educational Center in Winnsboro.

This event is part of an expanded outreach in the region to offer enhanced learning opportunities for small horticulture crop producers, home gardeners and landscaping enthusiasts, said AgCenter regional director Melissa Cater.

Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. with presentations beginning at 9. Lunch will be provided. Admission is $10 per person.

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The 11th annual Northwestern State University Louisiana High School Essay Contest is now open for submissions until May 31.  The essay contest is open to all Louisiana students in grades 9-12 regardless of type of school institution, including students in all types of private educational environments, as well as home schooled students.

The 2019 Contest theme is “I am Louisiana.”  Entrants are invited to address one or both of the following questions: “How has growing up in Louisiana shaped you into the person that you are today? What makes you Louisianan?”  Personal reflections and experiences are valid as part of the essay content. Essays may be in narrative form if the student chooses.

Staff for Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D., R-Alto, will hold satellite office hours in LaSalle Parish, Wednesday, April 3.

Satellite office hours provide constituents with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Dr. Abraham’s caseworkers to address problems they might be having with federal agencies.

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Harley Prudhomme and Kenny Shriner are proud to announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The ceremony will be held at New Life Pentecostal Church in Manifest on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at two o’clock in the evening.

Harley is the daughter of Shane and Nikki Prudhomme of Trout, La. and Marcie Spinks of Buras, La. She is the maternal granddaughter of Sonny Spinks of Wildsville, La. and the late Vonnie Spinks and the paternal granddaughter of Annie Mae Jones of Jonesville and the late Louis Prudhomme.

Kenny is the son of Debra Pollard of Miami, Fl. and the late William Shriner. He is the maternal grandson of Marilyn Pollard of Miami, Fl. and the paternal grandson of Joseph and Ginny Shriner of Atlanta, Ga.

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Jena native Ginger Denise Worthington was recently selected to receive a prestigious award posthumously.

Worthington, who died August 9, 2017, was recently chosen to join the National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi, through The Walden University for the Spring Semester 2019.

This is the largest collegiate leadership honor society in the United States with more than 600 chapters and nearly a million members nationwide.

Melvin and Coral Worthington, the proud parents of Ginger, received the invitation in February from Danielle Sarnicola, Online Chapter Advisor and Julie Ogren, Chapter Advisor.

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Nebo Elementary Sixth Grader Hannah Zeagler was awarded the Louisiana Volunteer Service Award by Volunteer Louisiana. The Louisiana Volunteer Service Award recognizes groups and individuals who serve with distinction, demonstrate excellence and have contributed 150 or more hours of service in a calendar year.

Zeagler was also nominated for a 2019 Champions of Service Award by a member of her community. The Champions of Service Awards recognize outstanding volunteers who demonstrate compassion and dedication, leadership and initiative, or innovation and creativity in addressing community challenges.

She enjoys volunteering in her community and across the state. This past year she has volunteered for St. Jude, The Ronald McDonald House, Autism Speaks, Families Helping Families, The Mana House and Special Olympics.

When Joseph Francis was growing up in India, he would watch his father mix plants and spices to make home remedies for various ailments.

“He would go to the impoverished areas in the city and use the mixtures to help those that could not afford to go to the hospital or were written off by conventional medicine,” Francis recalled.

Years later, inspired by the remedies that had been passed down the generations to his father, Francis would develop his own interest in the health benefits of certain foods. As a neuroscientist at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, he studies how antioxidants in fruits like blueberries can reduce brain inflammation in people and animals with depression and other health conditions.

The summer of 2019 marks the beginning of the 62nd year of operation of the Louisiana Lions Camp with 55 of those years in Leesville. On July 9, 1961 the first camping session opened the camp which is located six miles north of Leesville on 170 acres of piney woodlands. To date, over 25,127 children have attended the camp.

Over 4,000 Lions throughout the state of Louisiana are actively working to see that the youth with Diabetes, pulmonary disorders, and mental and physical challenges are able to experience a life impacting week at their summer place.

The camp will operate a one week session for youth with pulmonary disorders, ages 5-15. These applications will be assigned by the LPDCI, Lions Camp Pelican.