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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 Board 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 COMMITTEES 1st Wednesday of month @ 10am • in the Police Jury Room EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY Tuesday following committee meetings @ 12 noon • in the Police Jury 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.

Saturday Spread at Byerley House • April 4 • 9amnoon • opening of Oxbow Coffee andfood pop-up Fifth annual Lake Providence Levee Festival • May 9 • www.lakeprovidenceleveefestival.com.

March/April THURSDAY 26 EAST CARROLL PARISH HOSPITAL BOARD Noon • Conference Room at Hospital FRIDAY 27 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library TUESDAY 31 SNAP benefit signup 9:30am-3pm • East Carroll Parish Community Action Agency DEADLINE • John H. Scott Memorial Fund scholarship applications due TODAY • go to jhsfund.

Local community leaders are calling for all hands on deck this Saturday for a winter storm relief day. Jacob Brister, one of the organizers of the event, said that there were still many residents who have been unable to clean up their yards.

The Mississippi River Commission will take its mission to riverside communities this spring, hosting four public hearings as part of its 2026 High-Water Inspection trip and public hearings, March 23 - 27.

March 31 for one scholarship Leaders with two scholarships funds benefitting East Carroll graduates are reminding seniors to fill out applications to help with college or post-high school expenses. The deadline for The Rev.

The East Carroll Police Jury held its monthly meeting last Tuesday in front of a packed house of mostly quiet but concerned citizens. According to jurors, they had financial reports in their hands, after two months of not having them, but had not had the chance to look over them fully.

Welcome to the beginning of spring! I sure hope that the extreme cold is over. I guess Puxahawtey Phil was right; we are having more winter weather after he saw his shadow. But according to the weather man, our cool snap should be over. Now I can whine about the tall grass, bugs, heat and mosquitoes.

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