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This year’s Many Christmas Parade and Festival is pleased to announce that Louisiana Senator Louie Bernard will serve as this year’s grand marshal. The parade is set to roll on Sunday, Dec. 11 with the parade at 3 p.m. and the festival at the Sabine Parish Fairgrounds from 7 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

The Town of Many has a new texting service for residents looking for answers or to report an issue.

TextMyGov allows residents to receive answers or report issues about city services with just one text. Opting in to receive messages from the Town concerning road closures, water issues, or emergencies can be done by texting MANY to 91896.

The Town’s website, townofmany.org has the TextMyGov logo on the homepage and by clicking on the logo, you can get more information on how to opt in or op out to receive messages directly from the Town. Under the Contact Us tab on the homepage, click on Report an Issue for a link that takes you to the page where you can either click on the iWorQ logo or the word Portal to send requests directly to the new work management system.

The Fort Jesup Society C.A.R. (Children of the American Revolution) is once again remembering local veterans through Wreaths Across America (WAA). Last year the group was able to place over 70 wreaths at veteran gravesites in local cemeteries and honored living veterans in nursing homes in Many with a wreath for their door during the holiday season. This year we plan to honor veterans at the Toledo Nursing Home in Zwolle as well as those in the nursing homes in Many with wreaths and place more wreaths on veterans’ gravesites.

We are excited to announce that St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery is now an official WAA Location, meaning wreaths will be delivered directly to the cemetery.

Wreaths must be ordered by November 28th to guarantee delivery by December 17th.

Zwolle-Ebarb VFW #5187 donates to SCOA food pantry

(The Center Square) — Louisiana voters approved just three of eight proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday night, all aimed at reducing the burden on taxpayers.

Veterans with disabilities will now pay less for property taxes after voters approved Amendment 2 by nearly 73%. Those with a 100% service- connected disability rating or a 100% unemployability rating from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and their spouses will no longer be required to pay any parish property taxes on their homestead if they live there.

Veterans with disability ratings between 70% and 99% and their spouses are also now eligible for a property tax exemption up to $120,000, while those with ratings of 50% to 69% and their spouses will get a property tax break up to $100,000 of the homestead’s value. The previous exemption was capped at $75,000, or $150,000 in certain parishes.

Numerous elections took place in Sabine Parish on November 8 from various property taxes to school board members.

Amongst the most talked about of the measures on the ballot this year were those of the three property taxes included. All three were voted down. The 4 mills library tax was soundly defeated with 65 percent, or 52 percent voting against the initiative with 2,541 voting for. The unofficial turnout was 48.9 percent. The second proposition was a .25 mills tax for the Sabine Parish Health Unit. It was defeated with 4,012 votes, or 56 percent voting against. Yes votes were 3,113. Unofficial turnout was 48.3 percent. The third was a 13.88 mills continuation for Road District 4, Ward 7. It was voted down by two votes, receiving 145 votes to 143. Unofficial turnout was 38.6 percent.

The Sabine Parish Christmas Cheer Committee is pleased to announce the main Angel Tree for Sabine Parish will be in the lobby of Community Bank at 540 San Antonio Ave. with a second tree located at Sabine Medical Center at 240 Highland Ave. in Many.

The trees are decorated with blue and pink angels that represent 87 boys or girls from 28 families that live in Sabine Parish.

“We are very excited when the angel tree goes up in our lobby because we get to experience the true spirit of Christmas first hand as people come in and adopt these special angels,” said Senior Vice President JJ Blake.

November 9 was a wonderful day for numerous Sabine Parish school programs and organizations that received almost $60,000 in grants from Weyerhaeuser of Zwolle, which has turned their annual awards ceremony into an early holiday tradition of sorts.

Zwolle Mill Operations Manager Anthony Ebarb was on hand and pointed out how Weyerhaeuser supports the communities that supports them. For almost everyone in the room that received a grant, there was a story about how they were connected through the mill through a relative, parent, or brother and sister. Some, such as Zwolle Chief of Police Daniel Thomas, were former employees of the mill who have moved into other sectors of employment.

A special movie The Art of Racing in the Rain will show at the Many Community Center Saturday night, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. It’s a beautiful story about the love between a dog and his human owner who’s a race car driver. IT’S A FUNDRAISER FOR THE SABINE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND IT’S FREE, BUT HOPEFULLY MOVIE GOERS WILL MAKE A DONATION.

Denny Swift is a Formula One race car driver who understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate everyday life. Besides his career, Denny has three loves of his life -- his beautiful wife, their young daughter and his best friend, which is a dog that wants to be reincarnated into a human.

The film is not based on actual events, but it has some fundamental aspects in actual details. For example, there is a Mongolian legend that believes that humans and dogs have similar souls. This means that, according to this belief, Enzo would be close to his dream of reincarnation as a human.

Two lucky women won the raffles at the Sabine Humane Society booth at the first Fall Festival on Main Street.

Donia McCann bought raffle tickets and was notified that she had won the small cat/dog carrier. She came by the Sabine Animal Shelter later to pick up her prize.