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Block High to celebrate Homecoming 2009 (published October 7, 2009)
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Block High School’s faculty, staff, and student body are excited to announce the homecoming
activities for 2009.
This year the Bears will host the Northwood Gators on Friday, October 9th, which
will be the first game in district play for the Bears.
The homecoming court has been elected, the queen decided, and homecoming
activities will soon be under way.
A reception honoring this year’s homecoming court will be held in the BHS library on the evening of October 8th
at 6:00 PM. The homecoming court and their parents, BHS faculty and staff, BHS
alumni having class reunions, school board members, and Central Office
personnel are invited to attend. At 6:30 the court will be presented to the
public in the BHS auditorium. The girls will be escorted by members of the
Block Bear football team. Following the presentation of the court, everyone is
invited to take part in the traditional bonfire/pep rally between the gym and
highway 84.
The homecoming parade will take place Friday, October 9th. Lineup will begin at 12:30 PM in the Block
parking lot and the parade will start at 1:00 PM. The parade will travel east on First Street, turn South on Mound Street, and
west on Third Street ending back at the school.
Anyone interested in having an entry in the parade should contact Joni Davis at
339-7996.
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Political entries will not be accepted. All entries must be made by Thursday
evening, October 8th.
The homecoming ceremony will begin at Henry Taliaferro Memorial Stadium at 6:00
PM. The football game will kick off at 7:00 PM. The faculty staff and student
body at Block High School hope that you will come out to enjoy the homecoming
ceremonies and support our Block Bears.
Sheriff addresses parish’s illegal prescription drug problem
(published October 7, 2009)
Sheriff James Kelly addressed Catahoula's drug problem and asked for help from
the public in a recent letter. Kelly wrote:
Over the past several months, our community has experienced the heartbreaking,
unnecessary and untimely deaths of some of our citizens. Some of these losses
can be directly attributed to the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs. This
is a pain no family should have to go through, yet it is the reality all across
our nation. My heart truly goes out to the families of these lost ones, and no
one can understand their hurt unless they have experienced it.
Through hard work and dedication, your Sheriff's Office has made numerous
arrests on some of our parish's biggest crystal meth and marijuana dealers.
Individuals that we have on the street as "confidential informants" tell us it
has become much more difficult to buy some of these drugs. We have worked hard
to get to this point and have worked in cooperation with agencies such as the
Jonesville, Harrisonburg, and Sicily Island Police Departments, Louisiana State
Police, U.S. Marshals Service, LaSalle and Concordia Parish Sheriff's Offices,
Louisiana Probation and Parole, as well as others.
The biggest drug challenge facing our parish as well as the entire country today
is the misuse an abuse of prescription drugs. These drugs can be legally
obtained, but then illegally sold or abused. When confronting someone we susect
is selling these drugs illegally, they often produce their prescription.
Consequently, law enforcement has to take different approaches than when
investigating cases involving drugs such as crystal meth or marijuana. This is
being done, and just in 2009 alone, as of this writing (October 1, 2009), 94
people have been booked into the Catahoula Parish Jail on drug charges. This
number does not include those arrests that were drug related, but no drugs were
directly involved, such as someone arrested for theft because they were
stealing so they could buy drugs.
We will continue to work hard to fight this cancer which tears at the fabric of
our families and communities.. However, law enforcement needs the help of the
people of Catahoula Parish. Your Sheriff's Office, unlike a police department,
which has a relatively small area to patrol, has over 700 square miles of
territory to cover, with limited personnel. We need your eyes and ears. If you
see suspicious activity that appears
to involve drugs, call the Sheriff's Office (744-5411) or your local police
department. This is not just a law enforcement problem, and it has to be
addressed by families, churches, community organizers, schools, and individuals
who care about our families, our communities, and our country. Together we can
defeat this demon, and the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office is committed to
that goal.
Date set for Jonesville Christmas Parade (published October 7, 2009)
The Jonesville Christmas Parade Committee has set December 4th for the 2009
Christmas Parade.
This will be the first Friday of December.
Also, set was a new route, which will begin at the corner of Wedon and Fourth
Street and continue down to the Rodeo Arena.
This will be the first year that the Rodeo Arena will be used for the
entertainment and fireworks display.
The theme this year will be “CHRISTMAS ROUND-UP”.
We are looking for vendors, organizations, or individuals that would be
interested in setting up food booths or craft booths, etc.
Please contact Jimi Johnson at (318) 403-0122
We are looking to make this parade the largest yet – to do this; we need all of Jonesville to be involved.
Contact any member of the committee if you have any questions. Members include: Daryl and Sherry Floyd, Glen and Donna Tiser, Jenelle Barnes or
Jimi Johnson.
Early voting underway (published October 7, 2009)
The Catahoula Parish Registrar of Voters Office will hold early voting for the
October 17, 2009 Election on the following dates:
Saturday, October 3, Monday, October 5 thru Saturday, October 10.
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily. Closed from noon until 12:30 p.m.
for lunch.
On the parish-wide ballot will be Associate Justice, 4th Supreme Court
candidates, which are Marcus R. Clark and Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr.; the
Catahoula Parish Library tax renewal; and Catahoula Parish Health Units tax
renewal.
Ward 9, Precinct 3 and Ward 9, Precinct 2, in part, will also have the
Larto-Mayna Recreation District tax renewal on their ballot.
LaSalle correcctional officer arrested (published October 7, 2009)
Monday Troopers arrested a LaSalle Parish Correctional Officer at his residence.
Law Enforcement continues to make progress in our campaign labeled Operation “Child Watch”. Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations/Alexandria Field Office and
LaSalle Parish Sheriff
’s Office executed a search warrant around 9:00 am at the residence of Johnny
Jones Jr. (W/M 28 yrs) of 425 Carpenter Street, Jena, LA.
Due to evidence obtained during an investigation, it was determined that child
pornography was being downloaded at this residence.
“It’s always a sad day when you discover someone on our side of the badge has
violated the trust of the people and dishonored the very oath we've sworn to
uphold, but this should prove to the public that we, in Law Enforcement, police
our own,
” said Sheriff Scott Franklin. “I stand behind the Louisiana State Police in this investigation and will
cooperate in any way to insure they have all the evidence they need to ensure a
conviction.
”
Jones Jr. was booked into the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office Jail and charged with Pornography Involving Juveniles (LRS 14:81.1).
Additional details released for Jones-Liddell re-enactment
(published October 7, 2009)
The Jones-Liddell feud will be re-enacted at the 4-Rivers Park, beyond the
seawall, in Jonesville, Louisiana, on Saturday, November 7th, at 1:00.
Additional plans have been formulated. Prior to the feud presentation, Arts & Crafts Booths, including Food Booths, will be set up outside the entrance to
Four Rivers Park.
Booths will open at 8:00 A.M. on the 7th and remain open most of the day. There has been a change in policy. No entrance fee will be charged at the gate for the feud. Admission will be free. A “Donation Box” will be placed at the entrance to allow viewers to donate to a fund for the new
museum if they so desire.
Entertainment by singing groups will be enjoyed from 11:00 to 12:45, and the
Jonesville Woman
’s Club will sell “snacks” in the park during the entertainment. Jonesville Woman’s Club members are also building props for the four re-enactment scenes: the
Elmly House, the Glen Ditch, the Steamboat St. Mary, and the Sargent House.
The Block High School auditorium will be an alternate site in the event of
inclement weather. .
Committee members for the re-enactment presentation are as follows:
PLANNING COMMITTEE: Dot Lazarus, chairperson; Wayne Elliott, Bill Atkins, Ruth King, Jimi Johnson
ACTOR SELECTIONS & COSTUMES: Wayne Elliott
RE-ENACTMENT DIRECTOR: Wayne Elliott
PROPS: Terri Cotton, chairperson; Donna Tiser, Margaret Hill, Cindy Sanders, Laura
Elliott.
GROUNDS & EQUIPMENT: Bill Atkins, chairperson; Kirby King, Town of Jonesville, Catahoula Parish
Sheriff
’s Department
VENDOR BOOTHS: Jimi Johnson
PUBLICITY: Catherine Jones, chairperson; Mickie Brown, Mary Edwards, Dot Lazarus, and Bill
Atkins
Stay tuned in the near future for a list of actors playing the parts of the “feud” characters.
The seasonal influenza vaccine is available at the Catahoula Parish Health Unit.
We will begin with our high-risk groups, which are 65 years and older, six
months through 18 years, anyone with a chronic illness, and pregnant women.
Clinic times are 8 a.m. through 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. through 3:30 p.m. Monday
and Wednesday through Friday.
Please call 339-8352 for any questions.