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February 15, 2001

 

Small Town Committee Working To Address Drug Problem In Homer

What can the community do to curb the widespread use of drugs in Homer?

By Susan T. Herring, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

Drugs was identified as the biggest threat in Homer during the S.W.O.T analysis conducted by the Louisiana Small Town Program (LSTP) last year. One long range goal recommended by the Governor's Resource Team was to develop "a community-wide strategy for reducing the use and distribution of illegal drugs and the illegal use of legal substances."

Evans Shares Poetic “History Of The Black Man” With Pineview Students

By Susan T. Herring, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

Sometimes, Joshua Evans’ poetic words are piercing. Sometimes they are sad. But no doubt he has a message for the black man and woman today. Sometimes his words are hard to hear, but, they get your attention. Rev. J. Joshua Evans is 42 years old, a black man called by God. He was born in North Louisiana and raised on a cotton farm in Lisbon. He left home at 17 to study acting and business management. He never finished college, but thanks God for what he calls his PhD from the school of LIFE.

Jury Accepts Donation Of Bank Building, Camp At Corney Lake

- Discusses Reapportionment, Tables Vote On Raises Again

By Susan T. Herring, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

The Claiborne Parish Police Jury voted at their February 8 meeting to accept the donation of a 3.17 acre campsite area on Corney Lake from the forestry department of Louisiana Tech University. Wayne Hatfield expressed interest in using the five buildings for the Boy Scouts. Dora Ann Hatch said 4-H members might also be interested in using the facility. Jerry Drewett said Louisiana Tech had not used the facility in years and their lease was set to expire in 2003. Unless another agency is willing to accept the donation, the buildings would have to be torn down.

Simsboro Man Stabbed During Fight At Nightclub

By Susan T. Herring, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

Kelvin Wayne Coleman, 35, of Simsboro, was stabbed sometime around midnight Saturday, February 3. The Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call at 12:12 AM, Sunday, February 4, just after midnight, to what they thought was a shooting incident at the Club Bosco, located just north of the Bienville Parish line, at the dead end of Walker Road in south Claiborne Parish.

Work Begins On Haynesville Schools, Board Adopts Facility Use Policy

By Susan T. Herring, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

School superintendent Gary Jones presented plaques to members of Haynesville's "Save Our Schools Committee." He commended them for their hard work. Forty percent of the registered voters went to the polls on January 20, and 74 percent voted in favor of school bond proposal. Jones recognized Chairman Molly Coleman, William Maddox, Janet Holland, Sherman Brown, A.D. Williams, Mary McDaniel, and Rene' Buggs. Coleman's plaque read, "Your hard work and enthusiasm made a dream reality. Future generations of Haynesville children will benefit from your efforts."

Qualifying Period Ends February 16

The qualifying period set for offices in the Municipal Primary Election on April 7, 2001, will end Friday, February 16 at 5 PM. Candidates may qualify for the following offices--for Mayor, Police Chief, and Selectman in the Town of Haynesville, for Police Chief in the Village of Lisbon, for Claiborne Parish Police Juror in District 10 and for Town of Homer Selectmen in District 3. If needed, a runoff election will be held Saturday, May 5, 2001. Candidates must pay their qualifying fees with a certified or cashier’s check or money order issued by a state or national bank, a U.S. Postal money order, or cash. Uncertified personal checks and checks drawn on a campaign account will not be accepted.

Claiborne One Website Has Added Photos And Junction City News

The Claiborne One website has added a number of new items recently, with more coming. Some recent additions include Junction City News, a photo archive with three pages of Christmas 2000 photos, a new multi-search engine that opens up six sites with one entry, and a complete Community Service Directory originally produced by The Family First Coalition. The directory includes information on educational programs & resources, health & medical resources, social &community programs, clubs & organizations, related internet resources and much more. A variety of links are planned, including search engines, meta-search engines, international news, online newspapers, news and discussion groups, sports news, software, general entertainment, acceptable sites for teens, educational sites for kids, travel, job search, financial and stock market news, online shopping, as well as clip art, HTML and Javascript repositories. Claiborne One is the official website for Homer, Haynesville, and all of Claiborne Parish and is found at http://www.claiborneone.org It features weekly headlines and new briefs from The Guardian-Journal and will soon add weekly scores from all area high school teams. For more information, to contribute news or to purchase advertising banners, call Joel Ponder at 927-9787 or Al Lynn at 927-6197.

Plaque Placed On Army Tank

Homer Mayor David Aubrey was notified by Major General Bennett C. Landreneau in a letter dated February 2, 2001, that a bronze plaque has been ordered and placed on the Stuart Tank at the Jackson Barracks Museum in New Orleans. The plaque states: “M-5 Light (Stuart) Tank “Enforcer” donated to the Jackson Barracks Military Museum by the citizens of the Town of Homer and American Legion Post 73 on July 5, 1990.”Landreneau said it was only recently brought to his attention by Lieutenant Colonel Gary Jones and Chief Warrant Officer Carl Thompson that they neglected an important promise to the city of Homer and to American Legion Post 73. Landreneau apologized for their oversight and assured that it in no part reflects the lack of appreciation for this wonderful addition to their museum.

February 15, 2001

Great Backyard Bird Count Needs Everyone To Count The Birds - The 4th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be held February 16-19, 2001. No fee or registration. Anyone can participate. For more information, go to the website at www.birdsource.org or call (800) 843-2473. The GBBC asks families, individuals, classrooms, and community groups to visit their feeders, local parks, schoolyards, or other areas during any or all of the four count days, and help the Audubon Society monitor bird populations, including several species showing decline, such as the quail and several woodpeckers.    Deadline To Register For April 7 ACT Test Is March 2 - The next nationwide ACT Assessment Test is April 7, 2001. The test fee is $23 and registration postmark deadline is March 2. For more information, contact your high school guidance counselor or register online at www.act.org. The website has helpful information, sample tests, and info on ordering test prep materials.    Claiborne Parish Science Fair Set For Friday, February 23 - Claiborne Parish Schools will host the annual Claiborne Parish Science Fair on Friday, Februuary 23 at the Fiar Building in Haynesville. There will be approximately 200 entries from students in grades K-12 who will be judged throughout the day. An awards ceremoney will be held for the winners at 5 PM.    Mt. Olive Christian School To Hold Spaghetti Dinner, Talent Show - Mt. Olive Christian School will sponsor a Spaghetti Dinner and Talent Show on Friday, February 16. Plates are $5 and include drink and homemade dessert. Take-outs will be available. Talent show featuring Mt. Olive students will start at 7 PM. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Tickets can be purchased at either school or at the door. For more info, call 258-5661.    Homer High Baseball Season Tickets Will Be On Sale Monday - Homer High School baseball season tickets for all regular home games will be on sale at the high school office on Monday, February 19 for $20.    Legion Auxiliary Unit To Present US Flags To Athens High - Yvonne Winzer and Judge Jenifer Clason, representing American Legion Auxiliary Unit 73, will hold a formal presentation of U.S. flags to Athens High School on Thursday, March 1 at 1 PM. Auxiliary members expect to present flags to other Claiborne Parish schools. Interested persons or other Auxiliary members are welcome to attend.    Claiborne Parish Science Fair Set For Friday, February 23 - Claiborne Parish Schools will host the annual Claiborne Parish Science Fair on Friday, February 23 at the Fair Building in Haynesville. There will be approximately 200 entries from students in grades K-12 who will be judged throughout the day. An awards ceremony will be held for the winners at 5 PM.    Chris Sherrill To Sing At Pleasure Point Baptist Church February 16 - Gospel singer Chris Sherrill of Athens will sing at Pleasure Point Baptist Church on Peterson Road on Friday, February 16 at 6 PM.    Haynesville Recreation To Hold Summer Baseball/Softball Sign-Up - Haynesville Recreation Association will hold a sign-up for summer baseball and softball at the AARP Building on Monday, Feb. 19 and Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 6 PM - 8 PM. Fees are $35 for first child and $10 for the second child. Forms will be sent to area school children or will be available at sign-up. Each child must bring a copy of their birth certificate. Each child who signs up these two nights will receive a signing “bonus”. For more info, call Kent Staggs at 624-3029 or Benji Winn at 624-2893. Due to insurance, everyone must sign up by March 3.    Second Community “Ole Time” Gospel Singing Saturday, March 3 - The Second Community “Ole Time” Gospel Singing will be held Saturday evening, March 3, at Trinity Southern Methodist Church, beginning at 6:30 PM with the audience singing from the “Heavenly Highways” songbook. Jerry Thompson will again be master of ceremonies. Many area singers, Wayne Smith, Pat Gladney, Rodney Hollenshead, Mike Calhoun, Ronald Day, Carolyn Musgrove, David Fowler, Nancy Nelson, Sandra Langley, Jerry Thompson, and others who participated in December are expected back, along with many others. Jane Talley and Sandra Langley will serve as accompanists. All are invited to come and join in the Saturday night fun.    Bank Account Set Up For Family Whose Home Burned - An account has been set up at First Guaranty Bank for the family of Beverly Crew, whose home was destroyed by fire on January 25. Anyone who would like to donate clothes can drop them off at Sunrise Bakery at 206 North Main, where Beverly is employed. The couple have four children and one grandchild. Bianca wears ladies 5-6, Ricky wears boys husky size 16, Julia wears size 15-16, Arien wears 36w-34l pants, Grandbaby wears 4T, Beverly wears 2X-3X and Harry wears 32w-33l pants.    Claiborne Council On Aging February Calendar Of Events - Bingo is played every Friday after Lunch. Lunches are serveddaily Mondy thru Friday. Exercise treadmills and rowing machines are available. Slip and molds are available for ceramics. Feb 14 Blood Presure & Sugar Checks 11am-Noon Feb 15 Beau Bridges 11:30am Feb 16 Alternative Touch 11:30am Feb 19 Doctor Woodall 11:30am Feb 20 Craft - Stained Glass 1pm-till Feb 22 Legal 10am-noon Northwest Legal Services, Inc. will visit the be at the Council on Aging Feb 8 & 22 from 10am to noon. Individual professional counseling is available from an attorney on a non-fee generating case basis. Appointments may be made by calling the Council of Aging at 927-6922 or 800-308-8951 or Northwest Louisiana Legal Services at 800-624-2488.    March Events At Lake Claiborne Park - For information on upcoming events at Lake Claiborne State Park Call 888-677-2524 toll free or 318-927-2976. March 3 - Jeb Johnson's Great Escapades, 7 PM. Visitors can learn more about the life of a local legend who lived in Claiborne Parish and fought in the Civil War. March 10 - Woodpecker Wonders, 7 PM. Visitors are invited to a program that discusses different types of woodpeckers, their niche in nature, their biology and their nesting habits. March 24 - Storytelling, 7-8 PM, Visitors are invited to hear stories about Native Americans, animals and plants. March 31 - Miniature Wonders Nature Walk, 9:30 - 10:30 AM. Join the park naturalist for a nature hike to discover small plant and insect life often overlooked in the natural world.     New Cabins At Lake Claiborne State Park Are Open - Ten new vacation cabins opened at Lake Claiborne State Park on January 9. Units rent for $65 with a 2-night minimum on weekends. and have everything but towels and soap. To reserve your cabin, call toll free (877) CAMP-N-LA (226-7652) from 8 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.    Attention: Girls, Grades 1-6 Invited To Join Girl Scouts - Girl Scouts of American Troop 344 invite all girls in grades 1-6 to "Where Girls Grow Strong,". For more info call Melissa Smith at 927-4585 or Stacey Hollenshead at 927-4601.    Claiborne One Site Additions Under Construction! - The complete Community Service Directory originally produced by The Family First Coalition will be presented online. Information covered includes: Educational Programs & Resources, Hotlines, Health && Medical Resources, Social && Community Programs, Clubs && Organizations, Related Internet Resources and much more. Portions are now online with additions monthly. The Internet Multi-Search page searches/opens up to six sites with one entry. A variety of links are now online: Search Engines, Meta-Search Engines, Health/Medical, International News, Online Newspapers, News/Discussion Groups, Sports News, Software, Entertainment, Acceptable Sites for Teens, Kids/Educational, Travel, Job Search, Financial/Stock Market News, Online Shopping and now Metric Conversion Calculators. Coming soon will be Clip Art, HTML and Javascript Repositories.				The Jonquil Jubilee - A Garden Related Festival Celebrating the Arrival of Spring - The Jonquil Jubilee to be held in Gibsland, Louisiana on Saturday, February 24, 2001. You are cordially invited to Gibsland to join in the Celebration of the Advent of Spring. Festival will feature Arts & Crafts from area and commercial artists, an Antique Mall, plants and related goods, entertainment by local musicians, talks by gardening experts, and more...    The LSU AgCenter To Host Spring Horticulture Seminar Feb. 28 - Spring is near and hopefully everyone is making big plans for new landscape projects around the home. If you are in search of educational information to jump start your brainstorm, the LSU AgCenter has a horticultural program scheduled for you on February 28 beginning at 9 AM at the Hill Farm Research Station in Homer. Dr. Allen Owings, state horticulture specialist, will present educational information relative to warm season bedding plants along with recommended culture practices. Dr. Bill Branch, state irrigation specialist, will speak on drip irrigation and how to get the most out of your plants and conserve water at the same time. Registration begins at 8:30 AM. There is no charge. They will also be prepared to answer questions. For more info, call Jason Holmes or Rafash Brew at 927-3110.    Scouts To Deliver Goodwill Clothing Bags Saturday, March 3 - Boy Scouts will deliver Goodwill clothing bags on Saturday, March 3. Troop 72 Boy Scouts will pick up filled bags at 9 AM on Saturday, March 10. Clothes donated will benefit the local Clothes, Etc. on the square in Homer.    Haynesville High Class Of 1981 To Hold Reunion Meeting - Haynesville High School Class of 1981 will hold a reunion meeting on Saturday, February 24 at 10 AM in the Haynesville Band Hall.    Cancer Society To Hold St. Paddy’s Day Patty Drop - The Claiborne Parish American Cancer Society and members of the Relay of Life Team are selling tickets to the 2nd Annual St. Paddy’s Day Patty Drop scheduled for March 17 at the Homer High School practice football field. For more info, call 1-800-ACS-2345.    Used Sweat Suits Needed By Claiborne Parish FCE Clubs - The Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs in Claiborne Parish are looking for new or used sweat suits to recycle into teddy bears for their Christmas project. Please drop your sweat suits off at the Thrift Store located on the east side of the Homer Square any Tuesday or Saturday. All donations appreciated.    Minden Forestry Office To Hold Annual Shade Tree Sale March 5-9 - The Louisiana Office of Forestry’s Annual Shade Tree Sale will be held March 5-9 from 8 AM to 5 PM at the forestry office, 1304 Lewisville Road, Minden, LA. Hardwood packets will include one each of: red maple, green ash, redbud, river birch, and 2 baldcypress (total of six). Pine packets will have 20 superior loblolly pines. All packets are $3 each. Packets are available on a first-come basis and cannot be reserved in advance. Sometimes they sell out of a certain species, so they recommend coming early in the week. For more info, call 318-371-3007.    Business Incentives Seminar To Be Held At Bossier Civic Center - A seminar concerning the State of Louisiana’s business incentives programs will be held in the Barksdale Room of the Bossier Civic Center on Benton Road on Thursday, February 22 from 10 AM - noon, sponsored by the Coordinating & Development Corporation. As part of its overall effort to induce businesses to expand or to open new facilities in Louisiana, the La. Dept. of Economic Development administers a number of incentives programs designed to make doing business in La. more attractive. They include the Enterprise Zone Program, the Restoration Tax Abatement Program, the AdValorem Tax Exemption Program, and the Quality Jobs Program. The latest information on these and other programs will be provided to all participants. The public is invited. No admission. For more info, call Gray Stothart at 318-632-2022.    Friends Of Genealogy, Inc. To Hold Meeting In Shreveport March 3 - Mary R. Zimmerman will speak on "Migration Routes to North Louisiana" (1800-1860) at 1 PM on March 3 at the meeting of Friends of Genealogy, Inc. to be held at the Louisiana State Exhibit Building at 3015 Greenwood Road in Shreveport. Admission is free. For information or directions, call Laura Duffy at (318) 424-7648 or John Head at (318) 929-1701.    Law Enforcement Panel To Discuss Drugs At Public Forum - The Louisiana Small Town Program Drug Committee will hold a public forum to address the drug problem in Homer on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 PM. Those invited to serve on the panel are Sheriff Kenneth Volentine, Police Chief Rodney Hollenshead, Warden Kelly Ward, CDC Asst. Warden Loyd Manuel, Judge Jenifer Clason, CPSO officers Ben Booth and James Spillers, and School Superintendent Gary Jones.    Homer High Drama Club To Present “Mission: Possible” - The Homer High Drama Club will present “Mission: Possible” in the Homer High auditorium on Thursday, February 15 at 7 PM. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased from Director Denice Owens or any drama club member. In March, Drama Club members will perform “Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet, Too”.    Claiborne Academy Drama Dept. To Present “Cinderella” February 17 - The Claiborne Academy Drama Department will present “Cinderella” in the Claiborne Academy auditorium at 6 PM on February 17. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students.    Town Offices, Post Office To Close Monday, February 19 - The Mayor’s and Business Office for the Town of Homer and the Homer Post Office will be closed Monday, February 19 in observance of President’s Day. They will reopen Tuesday, February 20. There will be no mail delivery by city or rural carriers on Monday. The post office box mail will be boxed by 9:30 AM.    Claiborne Baseball/Softball Schedules and Scores Online - Claiborne One to feature baseball and softball schedules and scores for Claiborne Parish Schools. Now online: Homer, Haynesville, Summerfield, Mount Olive and Junction City. Coming Soon: Athens, Pine View and Claiborne Academy. Please email updates to schedules and scores to GJ_Editor@ClaiborneOne.org.    Claiborne One Site Now Features Area Image Archive - Archived images from the recent Homer Christmas Festival and Parade are now online. Upcoming image archives to include: Haynesville Butterfly Festival 2000, Homer Christmas Festival 1999, Claiborne Parish Scenery, Lake Claiborne State Park and more. To submit your images for inclusion in the Claiborne One Image Archive you may email them to webmaster@ClaiborneOne.org.    HMH offers MRI's - Homer Memorial Hospital is proud to announce the availability of MRI procedures two days a week in Homer.     The JCAHO-accredited system, provided by Alliance Imaging, is a Siemens 1.0 with a fast pack. The moblie MRI produces images as good as an on-site MRI.     MRI procedures performed in Homer by Alliance Imaging specialists are read by radiologists from Diagnostic Associates; films become part of the patients permanent record and stay on-site at HMH.     Appointments should be made through your physician; the ordering physician does not have to be a local physician.     "We are proud to offer this service to our community. Residents no longer have to drive to Shreveport to receive a state-of-the-art MRI examination." reminds Homer Memorial Radiology department.    Country, Bluegrass, Gospel Music Every Friday In Homer - Every Friday night in downtown Homer, amateur musicians from all over the Ark-La-Tex meet at the Homer Fire Station to enjoy a little country, bluegrass, gospel, and fellowship. Anyone is welcome to join in, or just sit back and enjoy. For more information, call Ed Dettenheim at 927-5253 or Jerry Brown at 927-3792.  «Full Story»
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