Lifestyle

BOM is a sponsor of the Sabine Parish Spring Livestock Show. Pictured left to right: Darrell Simmons and BOM’s Linda Guay.

City Bank is happy to donate blankets to the Sabine Parish Council on Aging for the Senior Citizens in need. Pictured is Jamie Vincent, Kayla Hataway, Jessica Procell, and Tanya Peterson.

BOM was a sponsor of the Zwolle High School basketball tournament. Pictured left to right: BOM’s Savannah Garcie and Stephanie Leone.

BOM was proud to be a silver sponsor of the Many Christmas Parade and Festival. Pictured left to right: BOM’s Linda Guay, Crystal Hable, and BOM’s Tiffany Miller.

BOM was a sponsor of the Town of Zwolle Christmas Festival. Pictured left to right: BOM’s Tonya Hall, Ashley Garcie (Town Clerk), and BOM’s Ashley Parrie.

Allison Felts, the senior branch office administrator of the Many (Toledo Town) Edward Jones office, recently received the firm’s Twenty-year Service Award. Felts works with Edward Jones financial advisor Hannah Savell.

Felts said she is honored by the recognition. “I enjoy my work helping Hannah assist people in this community as they plan for their financial futures, but it gives me an extra boost to receive special recognition for my work.”

Savell said, “Allison is not only responsible for the daily operation of our branch, but she also works closely with our clients, helping me provide them with excellent client service.”

Savell and Branch Office Administrator Allison can be reached at 318-431-1135. You may also visit Savell’s website at www.edwardjones/hannah-savell.

Ongoing

Spay/Neuter Program

The Sabine Humane Society offers a monthly spay and neuter voucher program. Vouchers are available to the first 15 callers, and the society will pay 50 percent of the cost to the vet. For those on Medicaid or Medicare, the society will pay 100 percent of the cost of spaying or neutering.

Interested parties are asked to call 318-645-7156 at 8 a.m. on the first day of the month. You should leave a message indicating you are interested in a voucher and provide your name and phone number.

Spay/Neuter Assistance

Get your pet fixed for FREE! If you are a resident of Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Sabine, or Webster Parish and take home $1,500 or less per month OR are married and, as a couple, take home $2,500 or less per month, Robinson’s Rescue will spay/neuter your pet and provide them with a rabies vaccine for free. This free program is referred to as our Subsidized Spay/ Neuter Incentive Program (SSNIP).

World War II veterans Bobby Williams, 92, of Florien; Jack Green, 97; and Charles Davis, 95, both of Many each took flights in a 1943 Stearman bi-plane at the Rusty Williams Airport in Mansfield on Monday, Sept. 20.

The Dream Flights Foundation travels around the United States to take veterans for a 20- 30 minute flight abord the vintage aircraft. Dream Flights is sponsored by numerous large corporation, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who arranged the event.

Many family members, friends, and other veterans were on hand to witness the occasion.

Each veteran received a Dream Flight cap signed by pilot James Sims. The veterans also signed the tail of the air

The three gentlemen were thrilled for the opportunity to take their flights and are anxious to go up again next year.

Mr. Green, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Williams all shared exchiting and chilling stories of their service during the war.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received federal approval to extend its Hurricane Ida Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) operation by three days to provide the large volume of applicants more time to complete DSNAP interviews.

According to the request approved by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, the DSNAP extension period will begin on October 11 and run through October 13.

An online phlebotomy technician training course through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education will begin in Alexandria on Monday, September 27.

This nine-week course is broken down into two parts. The first part will be six weeks of online classroom instruction that concludes November 7. The second part will be a face-to-face handson portion that will meet November 8, 10 and 12 at NSU’s Alexandria Campus at 1410 Neel Kearby Boulevard from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Clinical labs will be on November 15-30.