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May 2024 THURSDAY 23 Last day for all parish schools FRIDAY 24 Heirs' Property Training for Economic Impact Family and Community • 10am-Noon • LSU Auditorium in Bastrop • call (225) 771-3532 for information • sponsored by the SU AgCenter SATURDAY 25 Poker Run on the Lake • starts at 3:30pm • Music on the Water @ 5:30pm • sponsored by Lake Providence Junior Auxiliary SUNDAY 26 MONDAY 27 Memorial Day Program and Flag Retirement Ceremony • 11:30am • Grant's Canal Park • $7 brown bag lunch follows TUESDAY 28 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency EAST CARROLL PARISH HOSPITAL BOARD 5pm • Conference Room at Hospital WEDNESDAY 29 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library THURSDAY 30 Summer Reading Program for Youth begins at East Carroll Parish Library.

East Carroll Parish Library Adult and Teen Reading Programs begin May 31 Cancer screenings for breast, colorectal, skin, prostate • June 6 • 9am-1pm • call (318) 414-9758 or visit marybird.org/get-screened to make an appointment

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.

The financial outlook for the Town of Lake Providence continues to be worrisome, according to Mayor Bobby Amacker, who last week delivered to the board of aldermen a budget message before offering ordinances to amend last year’s budget and to adopt a budget for next fiscal year.

This will be the 14th time I have presented a budget to the city council beginning in May of 1999, and I have never seen one so out of balance as this one. The amended budget shows that we will have to transfer $373,000.00 to balance the general fund budget. Transferring this amount of money out of the utility fund is unsustainable and we cannot allow it to happen again.

Arrests as of May 21, 2024: East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office: 5/16/24 - Andra Cooks, 20, was arrested on aggravated burglary, simple burglary, two counts of criminal damage to property, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, and theft of criminal access of an automated teller machine. Bond has been set for $38,000 for the first incident, and are pending on the second incident.

By Laura Arvin A group of local artists and those who want to support them met last week to discuss how to apply for grants from the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council. Sara Beth Howard, of Lake Providence, is a member of the board of directors of the Region 8 council, which serves eight parishes in the area, including East Carroll.

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