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The Board of Directors of The Jena High School Alumni Association has announced that the 2018 JHS Hall of Fame inductees will be honored during the annual banquet to begin at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church in Jena.

Guest speaker for the banquet is 1950 JHS graduate, Rev. T. W. Terral, retired Baptist minister. T.W. played football on the very first football team of Jena High School and played four years with the Louisiana College Wildcats.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month, international health campaign lasting the month of October that is intended to increase global awareness of breast cancer. In the United States the monthlong campaign is known as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The first organized effort to bring widespread attention to breast cancer occurred as a weeklong event in the United States in October 1985.

Since then, campaigns to increase awareness of the disease, to educate people about methods of prevention and early detection, and to raise money to support research have extended to countries around the world.

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Our Health Fair will be Friday, October 19th, from 10am-2pm under the pine trees on the walking track in front of Hardtner Medical Center. We anticipate over 100 vendors, including, but not limited to: home healths, hospices, nursing homes, insurances, banks, rehab centers, sitter services, specialty physicians, and medication programs. There will be music, games and door prizes. We will have free thyroid screenings, blood pressure checks, vision screenings, and glucose checks. Heart screenings will be available for $30 if you are interested. We will have the LPSO Drug Dog Demonstration and our Drunk Driving Simulation Course.

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Students from Winnfield Senior High School spoke at Rotary on Wednesday, September 26th. For their topic they spoke on their experience with weekend at the cross. This is a program that Trinity United Methodist Church host, for teens all over the state. Weekend of the Cross is a service retreat where youth from all over the area come together at Trinity to act as God’s helping hand to those in need throughout North Louisiana. W.O.C. takes place the last weekend of July every year, at Trinity UMC in Ruston, LA. Youth and adults get the opportunity participate in the movement of the body of Christ through powerful worship experiences, challenging teaching, and service.

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Mayor George Moss spoke to the Kiwanis club Monday, September 24th about his first almost 100 days in office (86 to be precise). He said it has been a whirlwind ride. One of the first things that happened was the discovery of mold in City Hall. If you are not allergic it doesn’t bother you but the mayor and a new employee Angel Martin were affected by it. The mold was in the carpet, the air conditioning system and the back wall in the city attorney’s office. Servpro, out of Monroe, was able to come in and get rid of the mold for a very reasonable price. All the employees had to be moved to the Utility Office for a time. After the walls are painted and the floors redone they will be able to move back to City Hall. In the Allen building they removed a wall and shored up a beam. They have requested a grant to fix problems in that building.

Our second Jr. Leader meeting was held on September 11, 2018. CASA representative, Jodie Taylor, came to talk to us about CASA and what they do. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Agents. She told us how the CASA volunteers help the children in the program. CASA is looking for volunteers. If you would like to be one you have to be 21 years old and you can contact the CASA office for more information. She also mentioned child abuse and what to do if you suspected it happening. If you ever suspect child abuse please contact someone who can stop it.

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At the September 11th Kiwanis club meeting Dr. Bill Gaddis (secretary-treasurer of the club) reported on the International Convention and the District Convention that he attended in July and August.

This was the 109th Kiwanis International Convention and it was held in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Gaddis talked about the opening session which featured Rudy Reuttiger, a motivational speaker. His story was made into a movie called “Rudy” several years ago.

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(NewsUSA) - For many brides, the quest to plan the perfect day can quickly turn into a nightmare trip down the aisle. Here are a few tips to keep your wedding day bliss from turning into the honeymoon blues.

* Marriage Planning 101: Once the ring goes on, the race to plan the perfect wedding begins, giving couples little time to think about the marriage itself or how their wedding spending decisions could affect their future. But smart couples are now setting aside time to address pre-wedding issues such as what they will do when it comes to financial planning, spending money, raising children and family politics.

With nearly half of all newlyweds taking on debt to finance their "big day," couples should take every opportunity to make their wedding-related and everyday spending count toward their future.

Sheriff Cranford Joran

Sheriff Cranford Jordan was guest speaker for the August 27th Kiwanis club meeting. The sheriff gave each member a list of common scams and frauds. Some of the ones seen around here include ticket scams (selling tickets for something they don’t have), grandparent scams and the IRS scams. The IRS only contacts people through the mail not on the telephone. There are many scams out there. Be careful who you give your information to and never put money on a card to send somewhere.

The main focus of Sheriff Jordan’s talk was the new jail. Hopefully, they will be in the new jail by the end of September. They were supposed to be finished in March but had weather delays. He passed around pictures of the various areas that he talked about.

Shannan Chevallier of the LSU AgCenter and her daughter, Gracelyn Chevallier, a 4-H junior leader, partnered this summer with Kids World to host “Kids in the Kitchen” cooking classes. There were 30-35 students who participated in this fun event. Kids were introduced to the tools and rules we use in the kitchen and the role that each of them play in order to prepare a delicious dish. Each day, the kids were broken into small groups where they were given a recipe to prepare. Upon completing our dishes, we discussed what food groups we were partaking of from “My Plate”. We then determined if our meal was balanced.

The American Red Cross were our guest speakers for Thursday. They talked to the students about the importance of having a plan of action in place in case of disaster.