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Around the bend...

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Breast Cancer Awareness Event • Saturday, Oct. 25 • 10am • East Carroll Parish Library • register by Sept.

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 COMMITTEES 1st Wednesday of month @ 10am • in the Police Jury Room EAST CARROLL PARISH POLICE JURY 2nd Tuesday of month @ 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.

Brister to review CWD policies

Special To East Carroll Banner

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Andy Brister has been named to a statewide task force created to study and recommend best practices for dealing with chronic wasting disease (CWD), which affects most deer species, causing damage to brain tissue and eventual death.

Weighing the costs and inconvenience that would come with moving to a different location for a very short period of time

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Downtown Lake Providence

News Staff

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Downtown Lake Providence is receiving a cleanup, with much more to come, thanks in large part to the efforts of Stanley Ray Pitts (in orange) and this crew of trustees. They have worked tirelessly in trimming overgrown bushes and trees, removing trash, and overall focusing on a facelift for Lake Street. The East Carroll Banner thanks you!

Events

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

September 2025 THURSDAY 18 LAKE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY 12 noon • LPHA office, Foster St. LAKE PROVIDENCE BOARD OF ALDERMEN 5:30pm • in the Mayor’s C ourt room, City Hall FRIDAY 19 Chair exercise for adults • 10am • ECP Library SATURDAY 20 Providence Church's Worship with the Word • 10am-2pm • Providence Worship Center, 175 Estuary Dr.

Jury proposes raise for administrator, talks money

Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The main topic of all of the police jury committee meetings held last Wednesday, September 3, seemed to be money - either a lack thereof or too much. Cindy Thomason, the jury’s CPA, opened the ways and means committee meeting with a review of the budget. Thomason said that there had been an increase of $50 to $60 per person for health insurance, and that she was unsure about an increase in liability insurance at the time of the meeting. The criminal court fund had received $81,000 from the jury this year, Thomason said, adding that all other department funds were within their budget.

FREE ACCESS-Check out kickoff of Art Club at Lakeshore

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Art for All Lake Providence held a community art day - the first for Art for All's Art Club - at Lakeshore Family Homes over the weekend. Virgil Brandon Sr., a professional artist who grew up in Lake Providence, and his wife, Charlene, visited from Monroe to teach the group some art skills. Above, the group shows off a large logo Brandon carved on which the participants added handprints. At right, a child traces their hand before creating a 2D drawing that looks 3D. Below left, a child paints his hand before making his impression on the Art for All logo. Below right, Brandon (in red shirt at left) assists people as they create gelli prints using cut greenery from outside, a project coordinated by Sara Beth Howard and Wanda Manning of Art for All. Check out more pictures at eastcarrollbanner.com and be on the lookout for the next meeting of the Art Club.

Student count falls, affects district funding

Debra Hopkins

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The continuing loss of students in the East Carroll Parish school system has become a problem, said superintendent Meagan Brown, as is the subsequent loss of funding. Brown said that in February of 2025, the school system recorded a student population of 739, and that as of the regular monthly board meeting held last Tuesday, September 2, the student count was down to 687, a loss of 52 students.

THE RULES

News Staff

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Each week, East Carroll Banner publishes an entry blank with 20 high school, college and professional games. Here are the rules: • NO PHOTOCOPIED ENTRY FORMS.