Mr. Ronald “Rip” Cannaday has provided material for some of my past columns. This week, he’s a guest columnist, relating a memory from his time as a young man living in Tullos. Mr. Cannaday has been called Rip ever since the early 1940s. He says, “Back then, if I got close to a barb wire fence, I’d ...

70 Years Ago  August 21, 1952 Have you ever seen television? If you haven’t, you will have the opportunity to witness this new media of communication should you attend the LaSalle Parish Fair to be held in Jena on September 8-13. Television, virtually unknown in this parish, will soon be as common a...

As producers gear up for harvesting the 2022 crops, NASS will be contacting producers for a first look at what crops are in storage on the farm as of September 1st. The results from this survey will be published at the end of September in the annual Small Grains Summary and quarterly Grain Stocks re...

When my church is between pastors, it is up to the elder of the month to get a speaker for church on Sunday. Several years ago, when we were in such a...

Breakfast Thursday, 8-25-22: Grilled Cheese Sandwich or Toast and Jelly, Fresh Fruit Choice, Milk Choice, and Fruit Juice Choice. Friday, 8-26-22: Waf...

Would you help honor veterans with wreaths? The Wreaths Across America’s chapter for the Alexandria National Cemetery has partnered with the United Wr...