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Monday, October 20

SBC 411: Early Voting, and LEAP Night in Keithville + Fighting Hunger and Fight Cancer

LOUISIANA EARLY VOTING BEGINS:


Early voting for the Nov. 4 presidential election starts Tuesday and will continue through Oct. 28 in the Registrar of Voters offices in each parish.

Hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

According to Caddo Parish Registrar Ernie Roberson, aside from the presidential race, the Caddo ballot Nov. 4 will include seven state constitutional amendments, a dozen parish charter amendments, plus the U.S. Senate race, and for some voters Congressional , judges, Ward 6 constable and a Town of Ida proposition. Voters can skip voting for some issues if they wish.

The deadline to register to vote for the Presidential election was Oct. 6, so it is too late to register to vote for president or any other races on that ballot, including the major party runoffs, if you have not already done so.

But people can still register to vote for the Dec. 6 Congressional general election. The deadline for that is Nov. 5.

  • For more information about early voting, go HERE. For voters outside of the SBC (or Louisiana), go HERE.




KEITHVILLE HOSTS LEAP NIGHT:


Keithville Elementary Middle School will host its LEAP Night at 6 p.m. Tuesday (10/21).

LEAP Night is an event to help parents and guardians prepare their children for the standardized tests taken in April.

Light refreshments will be served, and the class with the highest percentage of parent and guardian participation will receive a nacho party.




WAL-MART STORES TEAM UP TO FIGHT HUNGER


Several area Wal-Mart stores are teaming up to fight holiday hunger in conjunction with the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

Through Nov. 15, nine area Wal-Mart stores will participate in a food collection drive just before the rush of the Thanksgiving holiday. All stores operate 24/7, and donations are accepted anytime.

The Wal-Mart stores in Minden and Springhill as well as the store on East Bert Kouns in Shreveport will be first in the fight against hunger. Drop-off points will be located near the front doors through Saturday (10/25).

Following suit will be the stores in Vivian and Pines Road in Shreveport, with collections scheduled between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1.

Week three will be the stores on Shreveport-Barksdale Highway and Airline Drive, and week four will be the Mansfield store on state Highway 509 and the Mansfield Road Wal-Mart in Shreveport.

For more information, call Coleman Robison at 675-2400 ext. 115 or e-mail crobison@foodbanknla.org.




COMMUNITY LUNCHEON TO FOCUS ON CANCER


Feist-Weiller Cancer Center will offer a free community luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27.

The event is an observance of October as Breast Health Awareness Month. Lunch is free, but people must make a reservation for one of the luncheon topics.

Speakers are Dr. Gary V. Burton — Breast Cancer; Jerry W. McLarty — Cancer screening on the Move (the FWCC Mobile Bus and What it Does); Mary Lowery-Nordberg and Mary E. Futch — It Just Might be in the Genes; and Tony Giordano — On the Road to New Drugs.

Free parking is available at the cancer center. For more information or to make a reservation, call (318) 813-1056.


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