SERVING THE PARISHES OF EAST FELICIANA AND WEST FELICIANA
DEMOCRAT THE ST. FRANCISVILLE
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Leila Pitchford
The Audubon Regional Library is partnering with the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council to provide electronic recycling. A truck will be at the Clinton branch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Other library events include: n The Jackson branch will show an “egg-citing” movie at 3 p.m. Friday. n The Clinton branch will show an animated G-rated film based on the Peter S. Beagle novel about magical creatures, adventure and the quest to find one’s place in the world. Show is 10 a.m. Saturday. n The Clinton branch is holding an elevated coloring hour at 2 p.m. April 25. Ornate coloring sheets and coloring pencils will be provided along with soothing music.
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Wildflower festival seeks sponsors
E-recycle at the library
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Centenary alumni mark bicentennial
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The deadline is approaching for sponsorship of the Feliciana Wildflower Project & Festival. The organization is looking for new sponsors who want to be featured on official festival T-shirts, banners and other media. Submit completed sponsorship forms and payment by May 1. Visit https://tinyurl.com/ bdfyx67a for forms and information.
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BY MELINDA RAWLS HOWELL Contributing writer
The old Jackson campus Centenary College in Jackson can be seen at the bottom of a flyer for the ‘Centenary’s Legacy’ exhibit.
for several generations. The event was planned by the Alumni Department in conjunction with the Bicentennial Committee, according to Hannah Rachal-Hughes, director of alumni and family relations. The group’s visit to the historic site was somewhat abbreviated because of intermittent rain but
Centenary College alumni visited Centenary Historic Site, the former college campus in Jackson, during a March trip as part of the bicentennial celebration activities planned for the 2025 calendar year. The group was led by ä See CENTENARY, page 2G
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Leila Ramos and her nonprofit Hope Resuscitated delivers more Narcan to the West Feliciana Parish Library.
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Top retrievers,dock dogs The Super Retriever Series will feature more than 100 dogs competing in outdoor sports in the field and on the dock Thursday through Sunday in St. Francisville. All events are free to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, and dogs are invited to take part in the Fun Jump hours. The schedule of events includes: THURSDAY Retriever Trials 8 a.m. Series 1, 7485 U.S. 61, St Francisville, behind the gas station FRIDAY Retriever Trials 8 a.m., location to be announced SRS Super Dock West Feliciana Sports Park, 10226 W. Feliciana Parkway, St. Francisville 1 p.m.: check-in/fun jumps and warm-up 2 p.m.: fun jumps 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.: fun jumps and practice SATURDAY Retriever Trials 8 a.m., location to be announced SRS Super Dock 8 a.m.: competitor check-in and warm-up 9 a.m.: Super Fly — Splash 1 10 a.m.: fun jumps 11 a.m.: Super Fly — Splash 2 Noon: Fun jumps 1 p.m.: Raider Run (all-in-one finals) 3 p.m.: Super V (all-in-one finals) SUNDAY Retriever Trials 8 a.m., location to be announced SRS Super Dock 8 a.m.: competitor check-in and warm-up 9 a.m.: Super Fly — Splash 3 10 a.m.: fun jumps 11 a.m.: Super Fly — Splash 4 Noon: fun jumps 1 p.m.: Super Fly finals
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Some of the Centenary College alumni pose at the Professor’s Cottage before walking back to the West Wing dormitory building at Centenary Historic Site.
Substance to reverse ODs stocked at library
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Zach and Wally Isenhower check out the Old Hickory train engine and passenger car at the train depot, which is part of the museum complex.
Jackson groups host events, raise money
BY MELINDA RAWLS HOWELL Contributing writer
$1,000 and collected a “55-gallon drum full of nonperishable food items,” said Dianne Parker, spokesperson for the Jackson food bank. With winds scuttling the clouds above and intermittent sunshine warming all at the grassy field location, attendees looking at vehicles could hear the music of Corban Barnes and his band. Organizers of the event thanked the car show sponsors, the participants and attendees
It was a busy weekend in Jackson as groups hosted springtime events. The fourth annual Jackson Car Show had a little over 90 cars, trucks and other vehicles to view, according to spokesperson Kimberly Broome-Cleveland. There were old, new, classic, custom, most in pristine condition and some projects-inthe-works vehicles displayed. The event raised ä See SPRING, page 2G
Claude and Barbara Wilson, of Ethel, sell honey at the Stop & Shop event in Jackson. With them are friends Ken and Sandra Dillon visiting from Vacaville, Calif.
East Feliciana artist Alice Kent works on an oil painting at a Charter Street Studio in the historic Presbyterian Church in Jackson.
A 1938 Pontiac coupe belonging to Barney Huggins, of Cheneyville, sits at Saturday’s Jackson Car Show.
Community news report West Feliciana High student Leila Ramos has been continuing the work of the nonprofit Hope Resuscitated, which she founded, an organization focused on overdose prevention. “I started this organization to make overdose reversal medication — specifically Narcan — accessible to everyone, especially young people and rural communities who are often left behind,” Ramos said. Ramos said the nonprofit recently restocked Narcan at the West Feliciana Parish Library, which distributed over 30 doses in one week. Narcan is available at the library completely free — no ID required, no age limits and no judgment. “We’re also expanding distribution through schools, community events and website requests at hope-resuscitated.org. Every dose we give out is another opportunity for someone to survive — and every conversation like this brings us closer to the community we hope to build,” Ramos said. “I’m someone who’s experienced the devastating impact of this crisis,” said Ramos, a senior and future premed student. “That’s why I built Hope Resuscitated around a simple belief: NO stigma, NO barriers, just HOPE.” Ramos said she has support from District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla, Mayor Andy D’Aquilla and Library Director Stacie Davis. Hope Resuscitated also works with Capital Area Human Services, which supplies Narcan. She received a $3,000 grant from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge. “The mentorship I received through YEA has been a gamechanger — helping transform my passion into a sustainable nonprofit ready to grow,” she said.