Lifestyle

Harlon and Jo Nobles recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married August 24, 1958 in Bastrop. The couple was honored at a reception hosted by their children on Sept. 1, 2018, at the Family Life Center at the Belah United Pentecostal Church. Harlon and Jo have three children – Karen Wilkinson and Lisa Brown, both of Jena, and John Nobles of Pineville. They also have ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Along with family there was a host of friends to help celebrate this special day.

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Nebo Elementary sixth grader Hannah Zeagler will represent the state of Louisiana in November at the sixth annual America’s Majestic Miss National Scholarship Pageant in Marietta, Georgia. She is the 11-year-old daughter of Deedra and Terry Zeagler.

Zeagler is currently the America’s Majestic Miss Pelican Preteen, which is her sixth state title to hold. This is her second time to compete at the national pageant. Last year, she placed third in the Preteen division after qualifying as America’s Majestic Miss Louisiana Preteen 2017.

She has over 900 community service hours with her work for the Ronald Mc- Donald House, Autism Awareness, the APPLES program, Alzheimer’s Walk and more.

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Jena High School hosted the La-Salle Parish College Fair last Wednesday in the school’s gymnasium with many state and regional colleges and universities in attendance doing their best to persuade students from La-Salle High and Jena High to attend their schools.

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By Dan Gill

The cucumber family, properly known as the Cucurbitaceae, provides a wide variety of vegetables popular for the spring, summer and fall home vegetable garden. Members of the cucumber family, known as cucurbits, can be planted now. They include summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd, cucuzzi, watermelon, cantaloupe, cushaw, luffa and, of course, cucumber.

All of these vegetables produce vines that run along the ground or climb. Summer squash and zucchini vines are rather short and thick, and so are more bush-like than other commonly grown members of the family. Some dwarf or “bush” types of cucumbers and other cucurbits also may be available.

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Eric and Tonya Smith of Jonesville are proud to announce the marriage of their daughter, Emilee Beth, to Dustin Wayne Winborne, son of Dexter “Kim” and Christy Winborne of Jonesville.

The couple will exchange vows on Saturday, September 22 at 5 o’clock in the evening at First Baptist Church of Jonesville with Rev. Craig James officiating.

A reception will honor the couple that evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nicholson in Manifest.

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Dr. Richard Djapni is pleased to announce that he has purchased Honeycutt Drug Store in downtown Jena from Phil and Ellen Henry and will continue to operate the pharmacy in the same manner customers have experienced in the past.

Phil and Ellen Henry purchased the drug store in January 1988 from V. J. and Lena French, and operated the business for just over 30 years before deciding to retire.

Dr. Djapni, PharmD, RPH, said he would continue to operate the drug store with the same friendly staff, same hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday thorugh Friday, offering the same professional service customers have become accustomed to at the firm.

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Applications are being accepted through Friday, Sept. 21, for the annual Louisiana Food Fellows program, a unique opportunity that trains people to become leaders in the local food movement.

Participants will attend four evening workshops beginning Oct. 4 that will give them the resources, skills, and inspiration they need to become change agents in Louisiana’s local food system. National experts from across the country will lead workshops on a variety of topics, including an overview of the food system, grassroots organizing, food policy, and determining your role in reshaping your community’s food system.

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Every month the LaSalle ICE Processing Center in Jena honors employees by selecting outstanding employee, correctional officer and GTI employee of the month. Every quarter, LIPC recognizes a supervisor that has been voted as being the most popular supervisor for that quarter.

The selection is made by supervisors or department, who submit a nomination, based on attendance, attitude, job performance, knowledge of job duties, willingness to accept or seek additional duties, and professionalism.

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Hardtner Medical Center and one of its physicians, Dr. Brian Smith, has received praise for their support of the Primary Care Rural Preceptorship Program.

Gabrielle Juneau, Chief Executive Officer with the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center (CLAHEC), recently expressed appreciation to the hospital and doctor for their past years of support of the program.

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By Minnie Young

L.I.F.E. (Living in Faith Everyday) has been nominated for the Josie Music Award 2018 Gospel Band of the Year along with five others in this category. This group of Southern Gospel singers consists of Robert Jones, Aurora (Daneen) and Willie Beaubouef, all of Dry Prong, and guitarist Nathanael Young of Winnfield.

The Josie Music Awards is a fan nominated event. While in Ohio May 25, they were notified of their nomination. Jones said, “Our fans voted and made this possible, but most importantly God made this happen.”

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