The tomboys of my rural youth came in all shapes and sizes, girls who could run barefoot on gravel or make riding a horse look effortless as riding a front porch rocker.

They could climb up and down the insides of tiered tobacco barns like spiders, play backyard ball as long as any boy, ride bikes and pop wheelies ’til sundown, get just as dirty as you and love every minute of it.

We knew girls could play.

But we hadn’t seen nothin’ yet.

In 1973, we watched a woman named Billie Jean King beat a man in tennis on primetime TV. A man! Then the 1976 Olympics and Nadia Comaneci came along and all us boys were wondering, “How can a 14-year-old female flip around that high off the ground and keep her balance on that little piece of wood?”

Tip of the iceberg.

Nancy Lieberman. Cheryl Miller. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Nancy Lopez. I went to school with and/or saw Louisiana Tech’s Pam Kelly and Janice Lawrence and Kim Mulkey and, at what was then Northeast Louisiana, Eun Jung Lee earn their Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame credentials on basketball courts all over the country.

More modern names are Venus and Serena Williams, Simone Biles, and the United States women’s national soccer team. The spotlight on female athletes has come a long since Wilma Rudolph.

We didn’t know it, but of course this sort of thing had been going on since Babe Didrikson Zaharias took to winning a couple of gold medals in track and field in the 1932 Olympics, then won 10 LPGA majors in her spare time. Legend has it she’d show up for exhibitions against men in this town or that, tee up a ball, back off and say, “So, who’s playing for second?”

Woman against boys.

All those trailblazers have made it easier for female athletes to have more opportunities, something celebrated today, February 2, the 36^th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), made possible by the Women’s Sports Foundation established in 1974 “to advance the lives of women and girls through sports and physical activity.”

The Foundation’s mission is to enable all girls and women to reach their potential, both in sports and in life.

With a special assist from the WNBA and to recognize the 50^th anniversary of Title IX, Caddo Parks and Recreation is celebrating the day with a “Her Time to Play” virtual event.

Girls ages 10-14 are invited to participate in the event, which will include a wellness check, education around Title IX, a panel discussion led by female athletes and trailblazers such as NY Liberty player Betnijah Laney, and interactive breakout rooms “to help inspire girls to play basketball, teach them to realize their full potential, as well reflect upon the importance of advancing gender equity.”

The time is Wednesday, February 2, 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Register here, and you’ll receive a Zoom link after registration is completed.

Celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day: Her Time To Play Virtual Event

Go ahead. Register. You’ve got next.

Contact Teddy at teddy@latech.edu

 

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Lion Jared McIver will be the guest speaker for Thursday’s noon meeting of the Minden Lions Club.

Jared recently retired from the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries following 21 years of service. Prior to that, he worked five years with the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office. He is currently employed as a part-time officer with the Minden Police Department.

Jared is married to the former Mariah LeDoux. He has three children: Logan, who is in the Navy; London, who is in college; and Tristin, age 19 months.  

Jared will be speaking on his time in law enforcement, hiring criteria to become an agent with LDWF and the job duties of an agent.

The Minden Lions Club meets Thursdays at noon at the American Legion Memorial Home, located at 119 W. Pine St. in Minden.

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By Robert St. John

For the 22-plus years I have written this weekly column I have focused mainly on food and travel. Occasionally I have ventured into family stories, especially when my kids were young and there was a lot of material to mine.

I have written often about something I call the Five Fs. The Five Fs are nothing more than a prioritization of the things that matter to me the most. It took me 40 years to learn how to rank life’s most important aspects, but I’ve spent the past 20 years trying to do my best to live out that concept.

The Five Fs are — in order — faith, family, friends, food and fun. My problem for a good portion of my life is that I was looking for fun in most of the wrong places. Fun was at the top of my priority list. Once I started ranking things differently, I learned that fun doesn’t have to be sought out or manufactured, it just happens. If my spiritual self is covered and my family is prioritized, I enjoy my friendships even more. And friendships are what have me vibrating on a higher frequency today.  

Yesterday I attended a class reunion for all grades at my junior high/high school. It was a perfect day. It’s an event that has been in the works for several years. We originally scheduled it for May 2020, but that obviously didn’t stand. I believe it was rescheduled again, and then yesterday was the third rescheduling, and the day we finally pulled it off.

For grades 6-12, I attended a small, private school that was probably formed for all the wrong reasons, but that’s a different column for a different day. My grandmother and uncle helped pay the tuition and my mom worked there. Today, I want to celebrate friendships more than politics.

If a glass-half-empty person took a broad, bird’s-eye view of my childhood, he or she could probably make a negative and melodramatic case of a childhood filled with challenges and hardships. My father died when I was very young. I was raised by a single mom who brought my brother and me up on an art teacher’s salary. I started working to earn money at 12 years old. I did yard work, I worked for a short time as a janitor at my school, and I worked full time all through high school as a radio station disc jockey. I was the poster child for attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity and had the concentration of a gnat. We didn’t have a lot of money to do extra things and take vacations. But I feel blessed with the childhood I had. Truly blessed. My glass is more than half full, it’s brimming over. When I dig deep into why I feel so fortunate, it’s due to the depth and breadth of the friends I have known.

I wouldn’t trade my childhood with anyone.

Yesterday, that rang true. We met in the old gymnasium, which has been used as a storage facility for the past several decades. It was the first time I had spent any meaningful time on that campus since my graduation ceremony in May of 1979. Actually, it’s not even a campus any longer. There are businesses built where the football and baseball fields used to be and both classroom buildings are some type of housing these days. But the gym is still mostly intact and that is where the reunion was held.

I grew up in a unique place and at a perfect time. The late 1960s and the entire decade of the 1970s still held a little innocence left over from the post-WWII years, but there was also another war raging which gave the times and the music that came from those times a seriousness and urgency that was woven throughout the decade. It was still a time when doors were left unlocked and there were only three channels on the television (four if you had a good antennae).

I spent every day with my friends in the neighborhood and at school. There is a particular bond that is formed in childhood friendships that one rarely experiences when meeting people later in life. It’s something that works so magically that I might not see someone for 20 years, and within minutes we pick up exactly where we left off.

Some of the people at the reunion I hadn’t seen in more than 40 years. But I still felt an immediate connection. School is a hard thing for a kid. I think we develop a childhood version of a bunker mentality that forms a bond that lasts for decades.

There has always been something deep inside me that wants to stay connected with my childhood friends. This reunion was good medicine as we’re nearing the end of a challenging time in world history.

Someone put together a memorial display of all the classmates who had passed away. Some were very young and left us years ago. One died a few weeks ago. I spent a good bit of time looking at the photographs of classmates that had passed. It made me appreciate, even more, those of us who are still here, and made me recommit to stay in touch with them in the coming years.

Switching gears to the concept of fun. As I stated earlier, I used to look for fun in a lot of the wrong places. What I eventually learned is that if a few of the Five Fs are in place the fun automatically happens. It doesn’t have to be manufactured. As I have grown older, I have tried to prioritize my life in a healthier manner. For decades the most important things in my life were material and monetary things. It took me a long time to learn that the things that truly matter in life — the things that bring true happiness and joy — are the spiritual and relational things.

Yesterday was fun. And it was the best kind of fun. It was the fun that comes from relationships that were forged decades earlier over football games and pep rallies and lunchroom discussions and shared experiences as everyone tried to navigate the road that was taking us from total dependence on our family to independence and whatever the future held.

Onward.

Beeson Punch

1 46-oz can pineapple juice

1 small can frozen orange juice

1 small can frozen lemonade

1 quart ginger ale

Add enough water to make 1 gallon

(Robert St. John is a chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He lives in Hattiesburg, Miss.)

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Join LSU AgCenter nutrition agent Shakera Williams, MPH at noon Friday, February 18, as she discusses the basics of the Mediterranean diet in a virtual program. The Mediterranean style of eating emphasizes appropriate amounts of foods rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and unsaturated fats.  

 Did you know the Mediterranean diet is not really a diet at all, but it’s more of a lifestyle approach to eating based on the traditional food habits and eating practices of Mediterranean countries? The Mediterranean meal pattern is characterized by vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices, whole grains, legumes, nuts, olive oil, yogurts, and cheeses, with smaller amounts of fish, seafood, eggs and poultry, and very little red meat or sweets.

To register for the virtual event, scan the QR code located on the flyer. 

Deadline to register is 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 16.

Please contact the nutrition agent for more information below

Shakera Williams, MPH

Assistant Nutrition Extension Agent

Webster Parish Extension Office

318 – 371 – 1371

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the LSU AgCenter will make reasonable accommodations to enable persons with disabilities to engage in programs offered. Should you need an ADA accommodation, please contact Shakera Williams at 318 – 371- 1371 no later than 1 week before your accommodation is needed.

The LSU AgCenter and LSU provide equal opportunities in programs and employment.

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United Christian Assistance Program needs the following items: 

Food: Vienna sausage, canned meats, powdered milk, crackers

Household goods: queen sheets, towels, pots, pans, skillets

Clothing: men’s pants and jeans (32 and 34 waist), men’s tennis shoes (size 10 and larger)

Many thanks to the community for supporting UCAP.

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 By Brad Dison 

Vesna Vulović loved to travel and longed to see the world.  In 1971, 21-year-old Vesna had a chance encounter with a friend who was an air hostess, often referred to as a stewardess.  Vesna was excited to learn that she could travel to London and many other worldwide destinations at the expense of the airline.  The time between flights was hers for sightseeing or shopping.  Vesna recognized this as a wonderful opportunity and applied to JAT Airways, Yugoslavia’s largest airline.  JAT agreed to hire her if she could pass a medical examination.  Vesna had a history of low blood pressure, which she knew would make her fail her medical examination.  On the day of her examination, Vesna intentionally drank an excessive amount of coffee.  The trick worked.  Vesna passed her examination and was cleared for flight. 

Flight 367 departed on the morning of January 25, 1972 from Stockholm, Sweden and had a stopover in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Vesna and the rest of her flight crew had spent the previous day shopping in Denmark, waiting to relieve the incoming crew that afternoon.  Vesna and her flight crew arrived at the airport in Denmark to relieve the flight crew which had flown from Stockholm to Copenhagen.  Vesna and her crew arrived at the airport and watched as the passengers deplane.  Although some of the passengers were continuing their journey on the same jet, the passengers were required to deplane as a safety measure.  One man caught the attention of everyone in the vicinity.  He seemed terribly annoyed by something, but Vesna never learned the cause of his irritation.  

Vesna, her flight crew, and the passengers, a total of 28 people, boarded the jet for the next leg of the flight to Zagreb, Croatia.  The irritable man failed to reboard the jet.  At 3:15 p.m., flight 367 departed from Copenhagen.  Vesna served drinks and snacks to the passengers and crew.  46 minutes after takeoff, at 4:01 p.m., as the jet flew at an altitude of 33,333 feet, an explosion ripped through the jet’s baggage compartment.  The cabin instantly depressurized and, due to her low blood pressure, Vesna passed out.  The jet broke apart over the mountainside village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).  Vesna, unconscious, was trapped in the jet’s fuselage by a food cart.  The other 27 people on the flight were blown out of the jet when it depressurized and fell to their deaths.  The jet’s fuselage plummeted from a height of 33,333 feet (6.3 miles) toward the ground until it struck the snow-covered mountainside at an angle.  The deep snow and the angle in which the fuselage hit softened the impact.  

Bruno Honke, a local villager who had been a medic during World War II, was the first to reach the impact sight.  He assumed there were no survivors but, to his surprise, he heard someone screaming from the wreckage.  He rushed to the pile of debris and found Vesna.  Vesna had a fractured skull, three broken vertebrae, several broken ribs, a fractured pelvis, and both legs were broken.  Bruno stayed with her until rescuers arrived and transported Vesna to a hospital.      

Vesna was in a coma for 27 days.  When she regained consciousness, she was temporarily paralyzed below the waist and suffered from amnesia.  The last thing she remembered was greeting the passengers as they boarded flight 367.  Her family learned of the crash about two weeks after it occurred and rushed to her bedside.  Ten months after the crash, after several operations and months of therapy, Vesna finally regained the ability to walk though she limped for the rest of her life.  

To everyone’s amazement, Vesna did not fear flying following the crash.  She simply said that she had no memory of the crash.  In September of 1972, Vesna told the airline that she was anxious to return to work.  Rather than return her to her previous job as a flight attendant, JAT Airways provided Vesna with a desk job.  For the rest of her life, Vesna suspected that the irritable man was somehow responsible for the explosion which caused the crash.  

The mere fact that Vesna survived earned her a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the “highest fall survived without parachute.”  But, Vesna Vulović should not hold that record.  You see, a JAT Airways employee confused Vesna for another flight attendant with the same first name and assigned her to that fateful flight.  It was supposed to be Vesna Vulović’s day off.

Sources:

1.  The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California), February 2, 1972, p.15.

2.   Guiness World Records. “Highest Fall Survived Without Parachute.” Accessed January 29, 2022. guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-fall-survived-without-parachute.

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“Just say no!” This has been the slogan to fight the drug war going on in this country since former First Lady Nancy Reagan introduced it in 1982.  Her work was extensive and diligent in fighting the war on drugs. This fight still continues today and it appears it’s a war we’re losing. With little to no border control and our government leaders refusing to recognize that we have a border crisis, the battle rages on. As a teen growing up in East Texas, I had very little exposure to the drug world, but knew it existed. In the 1970’s, marijuana, speed and cocaine were the drugs of choice for those that chose that route looking to get high. Today I’ll give you my perspective on my drug of choice back then, one that I’m still addicted to and crave today.

As most of you already know, athletics have played a huge role in my life and are responsible for the opportunities that have come my way over the years. I enjoyed a great high school career, running track and playing both baseball and football, which included winning the Texas 3A State Baseball Championship in 1978.  I was blessed with a football/baseball scholarship to Northwestern State that resulted in being drafted by the Montreal Expos (today’s Washington Nationals) in 1983.  

Sports for me, was a drug that came with both highs and lows. Drug addicts talk about how they just can’t get enough of whatever they’re craving.  For me, I could relate because I was the same way. I could not get enough of the rush that sports gave me. I thought about it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I would dream of getting my next high by hitting a home run, making a great play, or scoring a touchdown. Success in the sports arena came fairly easy for me, as God blessed me with good athletic ability.  

But let’s talk about my first addiction…. bass fishing. Fishing has been an addiction for me since I caught my first bass as a kid walking the banks of our ranch stock ponds. This all started for me in the summer of 1969 when I got my first Zebco rod and reel combo. I was basically self-taught. I remember getting my hands on a copy of Bassmaster magazine that was full of tips and technique illustrations anyone could follow. One of the gifts I got on my 10th birthday was a subscription to Bassmaster magazine.  BEST GIFT EVER!!!! Back then there were only a few fishing shows that existed. I watched “Fishing with Virgil Ward” and “Outdoors with John Fox.”  Both were great, but then I found a show called “The Bassmaster’s,” hosted by legendary Bob Cobb. This introduced me to guys who actually fished for a living. Are you kidding me? You could make a living catching bass?!!!  Now this had my full attention, and I could not wait for it to come on each week.  I remember watching anglers like Tommy Martin, Bill Dance, Rick Clunn and Roland Martin, guys who became legends of the sport.

For me, there’s always been something about the moment you set the hook and a fish starts to pull drag. The adrenaline rush is unmatched and unexplainable! You don’t know how big your catch is until you see it jump out of the water as it is trying to throw your bait, or you swing it in the boat. Even today, despite the many bass I’ve caught over my lifetime, I still get this huge rush of excitement. So, I guess this makes me an addict! I just can’t get enough bass fishing action! It can be so rewarding, whether you’re catching small one-to-two-pound bass or five and six pounders. It’s still the same rush!

To wrap this up, if you’ve never had a fishing experience before, find someone to take you who knows what they’re doing. Go hire a fishing guide or an experienced angler who can teach you the ins and outs of fishing. If you want to get high, go fishing…whether it’s for bass, crappie, redfish or trout! The species doesn’t matter; the high is still the same. But beware, it can be addicting! Till next time, good luck, good fishing and don’t forget to set the hook!  

Steve Graf

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Herbert Wayne Kemp

January 11, 1944 – January 28, 2022

Funeral service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden

Burial: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, La.

 

Skipper Ronald Brown

June 4, 1941 – January 30, 2022

Visitation 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Weldon Baptist Church, Weldon, La. 

Funeral service: 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Weldon Baptist Church, Weldon

Burial: Weldon Cemetery

 

John Boggs

May 27, 1964 – January 5, 2022

Graveside service: February 12 at Hill Crest Memorial Park, Haughton

 

Randall ‘Randy’ Lamar Carter

May 23, 1951 – January 20, 2022

Memorial Service: 2 p.m. March 19, 2022 at St. Mark United Methodist Church, El Dorado, Ark.

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By Bonnie Culverhouse

A commission for the Safety Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) that places Minden Police officers on I-20 on their “off” days, is lifting restrictions while giving police a chance to earn more money.

Lifted restrictions will encompass times and days officers can patrol or be stationed on I-20 within the city limits.

Minden Police Chief Steve Cropper said the program is successful.

“The capability is unbelievable,” he said. “We need more officers involved, then we will continue to see success with the program.”

Cropper said the first STEP ticket was written June 2.

“From June to December 31, the program generated 698 citations,” Cropper said. “That averages 99 per month.”

The program has generated more than $140,000 since inception; however, those funds will be dispersed among the City of Minden, the City Judge’s office, Minden Police Department and the Ward Marshal’s Office, after pay and other expenses are deducted.

Officers make time-and-a-half overtime for working the Interstate and, depending on rank and current income, they may earn differing amounts. The request was made to allow officers to earn the same amount of money across the board.

To do this makes the department more attractive to new officers and more inviting to remain employed with the city.

“You can’t deny the benefit this will have,” City Judge Sherb Sentell said. “This would be a huge retention and recruiting bonus.”

Safety is key, and Det. Shane Griffith said fatalities have dropped since officers have been stationed on the interstate.

“Before we started STEP, we would have six or seven fatalities a year,” Griffith said. “Since we started, we’ve had two.”

But safety is also important for the officers, who must leave their vehicles and stand on the side of the highway to write tickets.

“The interstate is a dangerous place to be,” Cropper said. “People speed; they don’t observe an officer with blue lights on.”

To help with this, the department has ordered three electronic driver’s license readers through the program.

“It takes an officer an average of 15 minutes to write a ticket,” Mayor Terry Gardner said. “These readers will cut that time down. It will increase their safety because they won’t be standing by that car as long.”

Limitations for officers in STEP include concluding the program at dark. Cropper asked for that to be lifted, so more officers can be on the Interstate during a time when blue lights are better seen.

“If an officers works off and wants to go out there and work three hours and write five or six tickets and be done by eight o’clock at night, I think we need to open that up and give those officers the opportunity to do that,” said the chief.

Sentell said he believed the officers should be able to write tickets at night, on weekends and holidays.

“If you’re out there speeding, going 100 miles an hour, you need to get a ticket,” Sentell said.

The commission unanimously agreed to lift the restrictions. 

Ward Marshal Dan Weaver, a retired police officer, agreed taking these steps should make it easier for the department to hire and keep officers.

“This program can’t fail,” Weaver said. “Just based on two officers out there writing six tickets in that shift – if they do that – it could generate more than a million dollars for the city. So, we can’t let this program fail. If this helps and will get officers out there, I am 100 percent for it.”

Changes will take effect around mid-February.

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By Bonnie Culverhouse

As of closing Friday, January 28, two candidates had qualified to run for the office of 26th Judicial District Court Judge.

“Allie” Aiello Stahl, who lists a Bossier City address, and “Doug” Stinson, who is from Benton will be on the March 26 ballot. 26th Judicial District Court covers Bossier and Webster parishes.

By 5 p.m. Friday, no one had qualified to run for Justice of the Peace in District 3 (south Webster Parish).

Election date is March 26.

According to the Webster Parish Registrar of Voters Office, Evergreen Fire Protection District is having a millage renewal during this election.

“In lieu of a millage election, Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11 was given permission by the State Bond Commission to authorize the levy of a special tax variance,” said Denise Weeks, assistant Registrar of Voters.

Deadline to register to vote in person, by mail or at the Office of Motor Vehicles is February 23.    

Deadline to register to vote through the GeauxVote Online Registration System is March 5.

Early voting is from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. March 12 through 19 (excluding Sunday, March 13).

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The Webster Parish Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness thanks Sheriff Jason Parker for his work crew, as well as the Webster Parish Police Jury Public Works Department for assisting in the delivery of emergency water and other supplies to multiple towns across Webster Parish last Wednesday. 

Webster Parish OHSEP partnered with multiple fire departments in the parish to store items such as emergency water in the event it is needed in the future. This was made available by the cooperation between the local emergency preparedness office and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. 

“In an emergency we can usually get assistance from the state,” said local Homeland Security director Brian Williams. “In the case of last winter’s storm, that assistance can be delayed, and our goal is to be self-sufficient at the local level when we can.”

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Associate Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development, Gerald Joshua, did a great job last week speaking to the Minden Lions Club. He shared with the group many exciting workforce programs the community has to offer as well as his passion for seeing students succeed and being the best they can be.

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CFG Recycling was welcomed to the Minden community last week. Billy and Julie Weatherall along with their amazing family and employees are excited to be able to offer recycling to the Minden area.

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February 1, 8, 15, 22

1 p.m. Break Up With Salt by the LSUAg Center, offered at the Webster Parish Library’s main branch. For more information, call 318-371-1371.

February 3

6 p.m. Valentine’s Day Slime at Webster Parish Main library. Ages 7-12. Call 318-3080 ext. 166 or sign up on the Webster Parish Library app.

February 5

9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Mardi Gras Brunch, Geaux Fresh, 801 Broadway.

1 p.m. Springhill Parade and Tailgate Party. Springhill Main Street.

5 p.m. Webster Parish Fasching Carnival and Parade. Downtown Minden.

February 10-13

Annual Minden St. Jude Auction at the Minden Civic Center.

February 11

7 until 9 a.m. at Minden Civic Center. $5 Pancake breakfast. All proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

February 18

9 a.m. until noon – Louisiana Workforce Commission-sponsored remote work virtual fair. Contact the Louisiana Workforce Commission to sign up or for more information.

Current until February 19

Minden Recreation Center. Baseball/softball registration. $45 per child.

February 24

5:30 p.m. Council Chambers at Minden City Hall. Retail businesses and restaurants: Find out how national TV coverage may impact your business. 

April 15-17

Spring Highway 80 sale between Minden and Dixie Inn.

• If you have a non-profit event: church, school or community, please email it to wpjnewsla@gmail.com.* Webster Parish Journal reserves the right to determine if a calendar item is a paid advertisement.

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Dixie Nutrition, located in Dixie Inn, celebrated recently with a ribbon cutting. Young entrepreneurs like Katie Kidd who are investing in their local community. Check them out for all nutritional products. They will even deliver.

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) reminds the public that it is accepting applications for Wildlife Management Area lottery turkey hunts and the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Are fishing lottery.

Deadline to apply is February 8.

All lottery applications are available on the LDWF website. Those wanting to apply should lick update or create their customer details similar to purchasing a license and then submit and applications. There is a $5 application fee and a $5 transaction fee per applications. Paper applications will not be accepted.

Regular turkey lottery hunts will be held on eight WMAs this spring. Youth lottery hunts will be held on nine WMAs. For more information, contact David Hayden at 318-487-5353.

Applications for a lottery drawing for fishing access to the White Lake WCA are also available. A total of 100 fishing access permits will be issued following the lottery drawing and winning applicants will be notified of their opportunity to purchases a permit for $40.

Boats used by permittees will be limited to the use of motors with 40 horsepower or less. Additional rules and a map are available on the LDWF website. For more information, contact Schuyler Dartez at 337-536-6061.

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January 26

Larry J. Lee Houck, 38, no address, was extradited from Arkansas Department of Corrections to Springhill Police Department where there were two active warrants for his arrest. One for distribution of Methamphetamine; one for distribution of synthetic Marijuana.

January 28

Alize Ayanna McDaniel, 24, of the 100 block of N. Roosevelt St., Springhill, was arrested by Springhill police as an accessory after a felony.

Joshua Scott Blackwell, 19, of the 9000 block of Hwy. 80 Minden, was arrested by Dixie Inn police for simple assault on a police officer, attempted simple damage to property, disturbing the peace, injuring public record and littering.

Joseph David Coile, 27, of Shongaloo, was arrested by WPSO for possession of Methamphetamine, second offense.

Tyler Thornton, 19, of the 1300 block of Peachtree, Dubberly, was arrested by Minden Police for criminal street gangs and patterns of criminal street gangs.

January 30

Kimberly T. Boyd, 51, of Castor, was arrested by Bienville Sheriff’s Office for domestic abuse battery and transported to Webster Parish Jail.

Cassalism Montez Lard, 36, of Castor, was arrested by WPSO for supplying a felon with a firearm, as a fugitive from Webster and Bienville parishes, driving under suspension and switched tag.

Jeffery Lard, 51, of Ringgold, was arrested by WPSO for possession of a firearm by a felon and open container.

Tyrone L. Layton, 43, of Cullen, was arrested by Cullen police for no tail lights, aggravated flight from an officer, possession of Marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of Sch. II with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Herbert Wayne Kemp

January 11, 1944 – January 28, 2022

Visitation: 5 until 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden

Funeral service: 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden

Burial: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, La.

 

Skipper Ronald Brown

June 4, 1941 – January 30, 2022

Visitation 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Weldon Baptist Church, Weldon, La. 

Funeral service: 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Weldon Baptist Church, Weldon

Burial: Weldon Cemetery

 

John Boggs

May 27, 1964 – January 5, 2022

Graveside service: February 12 at Hill Crest Memorial Park, Haughton

 

Randall ‘Randy’ Lamar Carter

May 23, 1951 – January 20, 2022

Memorial Service: 2 p.m. March 19, 2022 at St. Mark United Methodist Church, El Dorado, Ark.

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