DENHAM SPRINGS • LIVINGSTON • WALKER • WATSON • AMITE • HAMMOND
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Denham Springs events kick off the holidays Denham Springs leaders are planning several events to celebrate the holiday season. n Chef’s Evening and Wine Tasting Event: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Antique Village businesses will serve food and beverage from area restaurants. denhamspringsmainstreet.org. n Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra: 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Train Station, 198 E. Railroad Ave. brso.org. n Kiwanis Lighting of the Christmas Tree: 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Train Station Park, 198 E. Railroad Ave. Livingston Parish Children’s Choir starts the night off with the sounds of Christmas songs. dskiwanis. org. n Kiwanis Christmas parade: 2 p.m. Dec. 13 through the city. dskiwanis.org. n Christmas Alive: 6 p.m. Dec. 14, Train Station Park, 198 E. Railroad Ave. SADD students organize a live Nativity scene. n Grinchmas in the Village: 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20 along Range Avenue in the Antique Village. Start at Heritage House Antiques, register for the Jingle Bell event and drop your tickets in the bowls at participating stores for a drawing for gift certificates. Join the Grinch costume contest from 5 pm. to 6 p.m. at MT Lockers.
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Eight-year-old Charlotte Nettles, right, reads her letter to Santa as her siblings Lyla Nettles, 9, from left, Hannah Nettles, 6, and Michah, 6, wait their turn Nov. 28 at City Hall. Denham Springs began the countdown to Christmas with the 10th annual lighting of Old City Hall on Nov. 28. More on 2G.
Lighting up
Community news report Santa arrived in Denham Springs on Nov. 28 as residents gathered for the lighting ceremony at Old City Hall. Children wrote letters to Santa, carols were sung and bubbles were substituted for snow during the evening event.
FROM LEFT: Two-year-old McKenna Bloodworth and her mother, Heather Bloodworth, wipe foamy bubbles off of a mailbox. Luke 10:21 Church’s Kindness Keepers perform Christmas carols. Charlie Harries, 5, center, writes a letter to Santa as her mother, Hannah Harris, and twin, Josie watch.
Walker Christmas The Walker Christmas Parade starts at 3 p.m. Saturday at Walker High School. After the parade, the city will host Christmas in the Park from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Sidney Hutchinson Park. Christmas in the Park includes photos with Santa, crafts and stations where children can write letters to Santa and for hot chocolate. The park Christmas tree will be lit at 6 p.m. A movie will play beginning at 6:20 p.m. and concessions will be available throughout the event.
Christmas on the Bayou Santa Claus is coming to the Amite River at dusk Saturday for the Christmas on the Bayou Parade. Boats will line up at the first house on Chinquapin on the Black Lake Side. Santa will stop at Red’s and Manny’s in Maurepas to hand out stockings and take photos. Boats should pre-register at Manny’s from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Send news and events for Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes to livingston@ theadvocate.com by 4 p.m. Friday or call (225) 388-0731.
Pavilion opens for Hammand farmers market Vendors, patrons laud more comfort during heat and rain
pleted pavilion in downtown Hammond, a block away from its previous Railroad Park home. The large pavilion provides a covered structure for vendors and customers, and ceiling fans to help mitigate those saucy summer mornings. BY RICHARD MEEK Vendors and patrons apContributing writer peared thrilled about the An early morning sun pro- new digs. “I think being in one covided the idyllic backdrop as a new chapter dawned hesive spot where you can for the popular Hammond just walk straight back, I Downtown Development think it’s more of a hangout District Farmers and Arti- more than just come to the market,” said vendor Bethsans Market. On Nov. 22, the market any Armstrong. “I think it moved into a recently com- presents the opportunity to
handle more (patrons) than the other way.” Armstrong is also appreciative of the fans, saying they will be great, especially in the summer. “I was wondering where this breeze was coming from and I looked up and saw the fans,” said Josh Dominguez, who drove in from Covington. “Especially where we live, fans are very nice.” Hammond resident Rebecca Santiago, who typically visits the market at least once a month with her husband, Alexander Santiago,
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Vendors Bethany Armstrong, left, and Chloe Melerie assist patrons as they make their final purchases at the Hammond Farmers and Artisans ä See MARKET, page 2G Market on Nov. 22.
Denham Springs’ scrappy girls soccer team kicks off season Soccer season is just getting going, but the buzz word for the Denham Springs girls team would have to be scrappy. The Yellow Jackets recently paid a visit to Zachary where they picked up a 2-1 win. It SPORTS ROUNDUP was a matchup of two playoff teams from last season who are both rated highly in the of play that Jackets coach Jeff early season Division I power Klug called scrappy. ratings. And, it featured a style “We looked at film from last
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year and we noticed that we lost our identity a little bit,” Klug said after the game. “We lost our scrappiness. We weren’t the same team that we’d been the last few years so we spent all preseason working on defending, working on being aggressive, working on being scrappy. We played a really scrappy game.” That scrappiness certainly
showed up in the Jackets’ defense. They limited Zachary to just five shots, including only one in the second half when the Broncos tried to even the score. The Broncos goal came at the end of a sequence Klug called a mistake. Late in the first half, the ball got past Jackets goalkeeper Kaylee Bowlin leaving an open net and an east goal for
Zachary. Sparked by the midfield play of Addison Wyatt, the Denham Springs defense was unbreakable the rest of the way. Offensively, both Denham Springs goals came off of corner kicks, one in the second minute and then the eventual game-winner in the 48th min-
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