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The LSU AgCenter hosts Pesticide Recertification Meeting on Friday, February 21, 2025, at the Louisiana Cotton Museum • essential for pesticide applicators whose certification expires March 31, 2025 • Registration: 8:30am.

SNAP benefit signup every Tuesday @ 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 1st Tuesday of month @ 6:30 pm • in the Media R oom, Administration building DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 1st Thursday of month from 9am-3 pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police Jury office building (old health unit) EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY 2nd Tuesday of month @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury Meeting Room EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 2nd Wednesday of month @ 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave. LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 3rd Thursday of month @ 12 noon LPHA office, Foster St.

Feb ruary 2025 THURSDAY 6 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER’S LICENSE OFFICE 9am-3pm (lunch 12-1) East Carroll Parish Police J ury office building (old health unit) Movie Day at East Carroll Library • 9am • movie title: 'In God I Trust' • call 559 2615 for more info FRIDAY 7 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 8 Poverty Point World Heritage Site in Pioneer hosts an Artifact Identification event • 10am-4pm • all visitors welcome • call 888-9265294 for info SUNDAY 9 MONDAY 10 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library TUESDAY 11 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY 12 noon • in the Police Jury Meeting Room WEDNESDAY 12 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library EAST CARROLL HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD 10am • at Housing Authority, Mike Ave. THURSDAY 13 .

Tired of the cold, gray doldrums of winter? Here’s something to look forward to: Spring isn’t all that far away, and now is the time to get your seeds started for many warm-season annuals, vegetables and herbs.

As the only university in the United States founded by a Catholic saint, Xavier University of Louisiana might be, in a literal sense, sacred. But to those who walk the grounds of the campus one century after its founding, its sanctity comes less from its founder and more from the service that its students and alumni do for one another and for their community.

Time is flying. I can’t believe it’s already February. It looks like things have been a little slow lately. Or maybe I just don’t get out enough. Do you have a car that, after you get off of work, drives itself to your residence and does not want to make any detours? I do, unfortunately.

A fire that destroyed the Transylvania Service Station and the former restaurant next door is now in the hands of the State Fire Marshal. East Carroll Parish Rural Fire Chief Tim Braswell said that the fire seemed to have started in the back of the building on the east side of the service station at approximately 4:18 p.m. last Thursday. The building was a complete loss, Braswell said.

page 4 After nearly a year and a half of detouring, La. Highway 134 in eastern East Carroll was officially open for travel last week. Work on two bridges on Hwy. 134 – one spanning Carrawy Lake and one crossing Joe’s Bayou – was completed recently, and actually completed ahead of time; the Department of Transportation and Development had originally estimated a March 3, 2025 finish date. Motorists had been forced to detour on Highways 577, 580, and 877.

Well, I’m back and thrilled to use my words to serve my hometown again this Black History Month. I’m grateful that my articles moved hearts and minds last year, fueling my excitement to do it for 2025. Before we dive deep into the depths of LP’s Black culture, accomplishments and history, I’d like to set the stage for a discussion about politics—BIG, SCARY, POLITICS.

A retired East Carroll Parish teacher was recently named the new director of Together for Hope, a nonprofit based in Lake Providence that works with East Carroll organizations, congregations, schools and individuals to foster community development.