NATCHITOCHES PARISH:

L. (Laurence) Michael Caruthers
August 07, 1971 – September 28, 2019
Service: Sunday, October 13 at the 1:30 pm at the Rosa Chapel United Methodist Church in the Marthaville Community

Curtis Huntley
September 21, 2019
Arrangements TBA

Kevin’s Gallery

The Natchitoches campus of the Central Louisiana Technical & Community College hosted its open house Tuesday, October 8. This year’s event was held in conjunction with the Fire Service’s open house, lending a festive, if occasionally smoky, accent to the school’s offerings. There was face painting from the cosmetology students and candy filled exam gloves from the health professions students for the children. Students and faculty members from the various programs met with interested prospective students and their families and got an idea of what is required.

The CLTCC offers a wide range of training courses for every interest. Two exciting new new offerings are coming up in January 2020. The school will offer a Basic EMT class as well as a new Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) class. These are in addition to CLTCC’s existing programs in Cosmetology, HVAC, Advanced Manufacturing Technician, Welding, Business and Health Professions. All of these programs are designed to train students for meaningful careers with a future. None are easy. All are worthwhile. It was a joy to see young people working hard, excited about their futures and communicating that excitement to visitors. The Natchitoches Parish Journal wishes them all the best as they learn and prepare.

Kevin’s Gallery

The Natchitoches Fire Department held its 2nd annual open house at the department’s training facility Tuesday, October 8. Sparky the Fire Dog was joined by fellow mascots Gus the Gopher and Rosie the Skunk from Atmos Energy who reminded those present to “Call before you dig” and “Call if you smell gas.” The firefighters of the Natchitoches Fire Department were joined by their fellow members of the fire service from the Louisiana Office of Agriculture and Forestry as well as volunteer firefighters from the parish’s fire districts in teaching children fire safety.

The open house was a family orientated event with grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and games for the children. The youngsters were able to learn what do in case of a fire in their home by crawling through a trailer filled with smoke to an exit. The firefighters laid out an obstacle course for the children that ended with them using an actual fire hose on a target “fire”. A firefighter demonstrated how a fire can go through a home using a model of a house. The highlight of the evening, however, was a demonstration in which a training car was set on fire and extinguished by firefighters in full gear. Several hundred area residents had an opportunity to meet the men and women who make our parish a better, safer place.

The Natchitoches Fire Department’s open house was a terrific way to spend an evening with the family. The children had a terrific time and learned valuable lessons while playing and having fun. The open house was small town life at its best.

Northwestern State Professor of Violin Andrej Kurti will perform Nicolo Paganini’s “Twenty-Four Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1” in a concert at NSU on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Kurti is recording the work by Paganini in Magale Recital Hall this week. The CD is being produced by Dr. Sergei Kvitko. The concert will the first in a nationwide tour by Kurti to perform the entire opus.

“A milestone for every violinist is Nicolo Paganini’s ‘Twenty-Four Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1.’ It is technically extremely challenging and musically very charming and emotional. This masterwork is an essential repertoire and source for more advanced violin studying and growth in the performance field,” said Kurti. “So far, this Opus was recorded only by a few violinists, some of them being the leading artists of our time and role models for many aspiring performers.”

Kurti “believes that every artist (pedagogue and performer) has, or should have, certain compositions or opuses as their ‘dream goals’ or ‘dream achievements,’ which they set as one of the ultimate performing/teaching/recording milestones.”

Kurti said in the world of solo violin repertoire, three Opuses come to his mind: Bach’s “Six Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006,” Paganini’s “Twenty-Four Caprices, Op. 1” and Ysaye’s “Six Sonatas, Op. 27,” chronologically.

“I feel very honored and fortunate that in 2012 one of my dreams came true: I recorded Ysaye’s “Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 27” for classical label Blue Griffin Recording, with Dr. Kvitko as the executive producer and sound engineer,” he said. “The process of preparation and the completion of such a project has had immediate positive results in the areas of research/teaching/performing aspects. First, personally, I had to work very hard on excelling in my performing skills, combined with the in-depth research regarding the Opus 27, which widened my teaching approaches and methods used in a daily studio teaching. I believe that if (performance wise) I get better- my students get better.”

Kurti said the CD is nationally and internationally distributed, with the name of Northwestern State University of Louisiana in the biographical credits, “which has already begun to bring much attention to our music program through inquiries by potential students and their teachers throughout the United States and Europe.”

According to Kurti, the release of the CD, containing one of the most challenging and loved Opuses, has helped attract talented students to NSU’s music program and his violin studio.

By Ruben E. Smith
International Student Resource Center, NSU

NSU– Zoe Almaraz is a Northwestern State University student studying abroad at the Shenzhen University in China this semester, her first time studying abroad and being out of the country. A New Orleans native, she’s a Criminal Justice major minoring in English because of her passion for writing. This is her story of studying abroad as it is happening.

Zoe decided on China for her study abroad opportunity for two reasons. She wanted to go “as far away from America as I could” while she still had the chance to go and it wasn’t expensive and she was “consuming a lot of Chinese content,” such as films, television shows, music and wanted to see the culture firsthand.

She says the process to getting to China wasn’t that difficult but included a lot of deadlines and paperwork. The hardest part for her was the visa process because of the journey to Houston to drop off and retrieve her passport/paperwork. Deciding to go in the fall break of her third year at NSU, she had enough time to meet the deadlines and fill out all necessary paperwork, which led to her journey to China.

This was her first time out of the country and flying for that long made her a bit nervous, but she still had excitement to arrive. All of this was a “very new experience” for her. She says that when she got off the plain, “it was slightly overwhelming” because she didn’t have any cell service and it was midnight there. She had to speak to airport staff to find out how to obtain the WiFi, so she could contact one of the faculty members who had continuously been helping her with the process of studying abroad. She also says the language barrier in the airport made it a bit difficult because many of them didn’t speak English, but she managed to make it to the university just fine.

At the university, she says that her first week made her feel “isolated at times” because her roommate wasn’t there yet and she felt alone. She thinks she’s adjusted by now to the university and living there. She managed, with the help of student volunteers, to register for classes and set up her bank account and phone. She’s met a lot of people from various places, including Korea, Pakistan, Nepal, Kazakhstan and more. She says she’s “gotten to try not only Chinese food and culture,” but also Korean and Japanese cuisine. Zoe will continue to adjust and try new things at the Shenzhen University and abroad in China.

The International Student Resource Center will be providing updates and information on Zoe’s semester abroad in China, as well as information about opportunities for NSU students to study abroad.

For more information about studying abroad, visit Russell Hall 227 and speak with Dr. Telba Espinoza-Contreras or Vivian Pedroza about opportunities to go abroad.

By Kris James

Good Wednesday stylers! Before we move into Thanksgiving and Christmas, there’s another holiday that we love and tend to forget: Halloween. No matter your plans this year, you’ll be familiar with the pressure to find some kinda costume that’s somewhere between cool and obscure, or overdone to death. If you want to stay relevant this Halloween, then dressing up as one of 2019’s hottest pop culture references is all you have to do. I’m here to take some of that weight off your shoulders. I’ve compiled a small, but mighty, list of fashionable 2019 Halloween costumes you can proudly wear and ‘gram on October 31.

Most people tend to fall into two categories on Halloween: The ones who go all out, and the ones who do a cat-ear headband for the thousandth time. Last year my cousin and I decided at the last minute that we were going to a Halloween party and we didn’t have anything to wear. Our last-minute decision was to go as Men in Black and it was a hit. Everyone thought it was a good idea without knowing that a new MIB movie was coming out this year. So, of course, I can see that it will be a big hit this year. With the inspiration below, you definitely will be remembered.

In the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies we were introduced to Mary Louise Wright, Celeste’s mother-in-law, who might have been scarier than Streep’s previous alter ego Miranda Priestly. From her trench coats to button-up shirts, plus grandma cardigans, Streep’s character is a… character. If you dress up as Mary Louise this year, please bring your best side-eye game and most passive-aggressive backhanded compliments.

Perhaps no better representative for all things country than Houston’s very own Megan thee Stallion. This costume isn’t for the weak of heart or knees, but if there’s any day that it would be acceptable to don a pair of ass-less chaps to channel your inner hot girl, let it be Halloween!

Game of Thrones has officially ended so this might be one of your last chances to dress up as your favorite character. Nathalie Emmanuel’s character Missandei met an unfortunate death, but she was a warrior nonetheless. You’ll stand out in the crowd among all the White Walker costumes, which is very overdone.

It might have been earlier this year when the nightmare of Jordan Peele’s Us premiered in theaters, but the fear factor of Red and the rest of the Tethers is as strong as if we watched the film yesterday. Take the spooky season to the next level by strolling through your town in her signature red jumpsuit. Just don’t forget your scissors and throaty growl.

The iconic Grady Twins from The Shining will forever continue to give me chills. But what do you expect. It’s Stephen King!

Jude Southerland Kessler (photo attached), a former Natchitoches resident, and a renowned author and authority on Beatles’ history, and particularly on John Lennon, will be appearing at the “Beatles and Brews” Council on Aging Fundraiser which will be held at Cane River Brewing this Thursday, October 10th at 6:30 p.m.

Kessler is widely recognized as the leading authority on John Lennon, having spent the last 30 years researching and writing the first four books in her anticipated nine-volume John Lennon Series. Kessler is also the host of a monthly Beatles radio show, and appears regularly on BBC Radio and ABC Radio Australia and is the official blogger for the “Fest for Beatles Fans.” Her first four books, Shoulda Been There, Shivering Inside, She Loves You, and Should Have Known Better are available on Amazon.com, Kindle, and her website, http://www.johnlennonseries.com

Kessler is a graduate of Natchitoches Central High School and NSU, and will have her books available for purchase at the event, and will be personally autographing them as well.

Most citizens in Natchitoches Parish are aware of the condition of the roads in the Parish and desire for the roads to be improved. To solve the road problems funds must be provided to cover the expenses for road repairs and maintenance

One candidate for the parish council, Alan McMurtry, has the financial experience to help guide the council in reaching a sound financial plan to fund road repairs. On several occasions, Alan has worked to provide bond funds for corporations in need of project funding. The council needs a man like Alan to assist in developing a long range, sound financial plan to improve the parish roads.

I urge the citizens of District #3 to vote for Alan to serve as councilman.

Roger H. Williams

Northwestern State University’s Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development will induct several individuals into the Hall of Distinguished Educators and has named one the Outstanding Young Professional for 2019.

Individuals inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Educators must have graduated from Northwestern State at least 30 years prior to nomination. This year’s honorees are Dr. Ben Barron, Dr. Derwood Duke, Johnnie Emmons and Coach Mike McConathy, all of Natchitoches; Theresa Hamilton of Hammond and Barbara Moham of Cedar Hill, Texas.

This year’s Outstanding Young Professional is Lacy Blocker of Sulphur. The Outstanding Young Professional in Education Award recognizes an individual who made contributions in Pre-K through higher education or to the profession of education through teaching, research or community service. Nominees must be 40 years old or younger, have at least 10 years of meritorious service to education and gained prominence in some areas of teaching, administrative achievement, contributions to research, leadership in professional associations, contributions to professional literature and/or outstanding community service.

The College of Education and Human Development will host a reunion and reception in the Teacher Education Center Commons beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 during NSU’s Homecoming festivities. The induction program will follow at 1:30 p.m. in the TEC Auditorium.

Barron earned a degree in secondary education at Northwestern State in 1957, a master’s in education administration in at Louisiana State University in 1961 and an Ed.D. in elementary education/reading and educational administration at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1967. He earned elementary certification in 1966.

Barron began his career as an elementary teacher and assistant principal in West Baton Rouge Parish. His career in higher ed began at the University of Southern Mississippi before his tenure at Northwestern State, which lasted from 1967-2007 when he served in many roles over the years as a professor, assistant dean, director of Educational Research, department head, division director, acting vice president for finance and vice president of University Affairs. He later served as an educational specialist for Pearson Publishing Company as a presenter, consultant and teacher of mini-courses throughout the U.S.

Barron is married to Janice Susan Barron and has three children and five grandchildren.

Duke earned a degree in physical education with a minor in mathematics at University of Louisiana-Lafayette in 1958, a master’s degree in education administration with a minor in physical education in 1959 and an Ed.D. in physical education with an administration minor at Northwestern State in 1974.

He began his career teaching math and coaching basketball at Mansfield High School from 1959-1965 before transferring to Natchitoches High School as a health and P.E. teacher, head basketball coach and supervisor of student teachers until 1970 and continued those responsibilities at Natchitoches Central High School through 1973 when he joined the faculty at Northwestern State as a graduate assistant in health, physical education and recreation. He was assistant basketball coach, golf coach and assistant professor at NSU from 1974-1981 when he was began serving as director at Natchitoches Central. He was superintendent of schools in Winn Parish from 1988-1996 and returned to NSU from 1997-2009 as assistant professor of education leadership. He was superintendent of the Natchitoches Parish School Board from 2009-2014.

He is married to Ann Gibson Duke and has three children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Emmons earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a minor in mathematics at Northwestern State in 1951 and a master’s in P.E. at Louisiana Tech and completed Plus 30 at NSU. He was an outstanding student-athlete at NSU.

Emmons’ began his career in 1952 in Spearsville where he was a math teacher and girls basketball coach. He later coached baseball at Bernice and established a football team there. He coached football at Ferriday, Homer and Lake Charles. Joining the faculty at NSU, he taught health, physical education and driver’s education and coached football, baseball and men’s and women’s tennis, which he started. He was selected in 1973 as one of the first inductees into the N Club Hall of Fame and was honored in 2013 as one of NSU’s Athletic Legends. Emmons was selected as one of the school’s Top 100 Demon Football Players of the Century in 2007. The baseball record he set in 1952 with a batting average of .458 still stands. He also still shares the school record for most touchdown receptions in a game. In recognition of his emphasis on academics, the Athletic Academic Support Center is named in his honor.

Emmons and his wife Nelda have been married 67 years and have two children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Hamilton earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education at Southern University in 1983 and a master’s degree in educational administration and Plus 30 at NSU in 2001. She was a teacher at NSU Middle Lab, Parks Elementary and Goldonna from 1983-2007, serving as principal at LP Vaughn Elementary until transferring to the Tangipahoa Parish School System from 2007-2016 where she served as chief academic officer, chief desegregation officer, supervisor of federal programs, principal at Hammond Eastside Upper Elementary and Martha Vineyard Elementary.

Hamilton joined the Louisiana Department of Education in 2016 serving for a year as Southern Network Educational Consultant. She is currently a senior program consultant for the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.

Hamilton and her husband Alvin have been married 29 years. They have two children and one grandson.

McConathy graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. He earned a master’s degree in health and physical education at Northwestern State in 1983 and completed Plus 30 in 1989 at Northwestern State, Centenary College and Louisiana Tech. McConathy taught at Airline and Bossier High Schools and was on Behavioral Sciences Department faculty at Bossier Parish Community College for 16 years, serving as interim department head in 1998-99.

While serving as head men’s basketball coach at NSU since 1999, he has taught classes in the Department of Health and Human Performance, including personal health, team sports, individual sports and driver’s ed. He and his teams have been involved since the inception of the NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches Stay to Win program, which goes to local elementary schools and encouraged youngsters to stay in school. The NSU Men’s Basketball team has one of the highest graduation rates in the nation at 90 percent. Since the inception of the Academic Progress Rate in 2004, the men’s basketball team has ranked in the top 10 percent five times. The APR measured how well programs retain and keep student-athletes eligible to compete academically.

He has been married to Connie McConathy for 41 years. They have two sons and three grandchildren.

Moham earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education at Northwestern State in 1986, a master’s of science (reading) at University of Central Arkansas in 1993, certification as curriculum specialist at UCA in 1993 and certification in education administration at University of Arkansas in 1999. In 2011, she completed a program of study in data analysis and urban education at Harvard University.

Moham began her career as a teacher in DeSoto Parish in 1987 and was a teacher and administrator in the Little Rock, Arkansas, school system from 1988-2000. She was a professor at the University of Central Arkansas from 1992-92 and assistant professor at Arkansas Baptist College from 1998-99. Since 2000, she has served as a principal and specialist for the Dallas Independent School District. In Texas, she is certified as a teacher, principal, master reading teacher, generalist, reading specialist, supervisor and English as a second language instructor.

In the Dallas School District, Mohan has served as a reading demonstration teacher, master reading teacher, instructional dean, and administrator/principal at the secondary and elementary levels. She has been awarded grants for research on how to improve teaching and learning and been recognized with several academic achievements.

Moham has been married to her husband William for 10 years.

Blocker earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at NSU in 2004. She has been an elementary and junior high English/Language Arts teacher in Rapides, Vernon and Calcasieu parishes and became certified to teach in Texas for one year in the Newton Independent School District. She has served as a teacher leader, sponsor/advisor to student organizations, organized workshops for struggling writers and a weekly book club for students while integrating technology into the classroom.

During her career, she earned many accolades, including being named Teacher of the Year at Pickering Elementary and Vernon Parish Middle School. She was Region VI Middle School Teacher of the Year, Louisiana American Legion Teacher of the Year, Calcasieu Parish School Borad ITEC Model Classroom Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Year for Maplewood Middle School and Calcasieu Parish. She was a state finalist this year for Louisiana Teacher of the Year.

She has been married to Jeremy Blocker for 14 years and has a 5-year-old daughter.

Northwestern State alumnus James Harlon Palmer won the 2019 Louisiana Film Prize this past weekend in Shreveport. Palmer, who lives in Mansfield, won $50,000 for his film “Anniversary.” He wrote, produced and co-starred in the film. NSU alumni John Chambers was director of photography and Courtney Shay Young was choreographer and appeared in the film.

“Anniversary” is a musical about a couple who is celebrating one year of happily dating. Although both are in love, the sweethearts face a dilemma when Jimmy feels pressured by Ellie (played by Kelly R. Vaden) to pop the question. A stand-off occurs as they take turns presenting their cases for freedom vs. nuptials in a comedic, yet heartfelt lyrical battle. The musical incorporated various delivery styles, including R&B, love ballads and rap.

“It was a thrilling experience. The buzz was building early on and kept growing throughout the weekend, and while that was exciting, and it seemed the odds of placing were pretty good, I was very careful not to get my hopes up,” said Palmer, a 2005 graduate in theatre. “This business comes with a lot of disappointment and rejection, so the shields were up. When they announced that I won, I couldn’t believe it. It was a surreal, almost out of body experience.”

“Anniversary” is Palmer’s directorial debut. He has more than 20 film and television credits in both short and full-length feature films. Palmer has composed music for and acted in numerous films that finished in the Louisiana Film Prize’s Top 20. He was also involved other competing films this year. Palmer said winning the prize taught him an important personal lesson.

“Winning has taught me to listen to all the friends and family who tell me of my talent and who support me,” he said. “They believed in me when I did not believe in myself. I know what I can do, but without their support and their positivity, there is a great chance that I would have just talked myself out of making a film at all.”

The Prize Foundation received submissions of short films from across the country and internationally. A curated film committee selected 20 to represent the Top 20 finalists. The grand prize and outcomes were based on the 50-50 judges and audience votes. The judges consisted of national film industry professionals from across the U.S. Palmer hopes the exposure will provide additional opportunities.

“The exposure and the networking that comes from winning the film prize has the potential to lead to some really great things,” said Palmer. As an actor, things tend to be feast or famine.”

Palmer has some very practical uses for the prize money. He can replace his desktop computer used to write scripts and mix music and an 8-track recorder for recording vocals which both died while he was writing the film.

According to Palmer, he has used some of the things he learned at NSU on a regular basis.

“My connection to NSU has never been broken,” he said. Whether it’s simple acting warmups before going on stage in a play, or digging deep into the works of Shakespeare or the in-depth study of the different approaches to acting and finding what technique, or combination of techniques, fits my nature, the things I learned in the NSU Theatre program stay with me to this day.”

Palmer auditions for films regularly. He has a role in the upcoming film “Walkaway Joe” starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and David Strathairn and in Julia Edward’s play “Family Planning” in January at Shreveport Little Theatre. He hopes to start work on a music album this year and begin his next musical short film. Palmer is also working with Young on a version of a show, “Big Willie Style” for Young’s middle school theatre students.

Palmer developed Big Willie Style, a show that mixed Hip Hop with Shakespeare while at Northwestern State. It started as a Shakespeare class final that spawned three sequels, “Big Willie Style 2 & 3” at NSU, and then five years later “Big Willie Style: Port City Edition” premiered at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse in Shreveport.

Pictured above: James Harlon Palmer, left, and Kelly R. Vaden in a scene from “Anniversary,” the winner of the 2019 Louisiana Film Prize. Palmer, who lives in Mansfield, won $50,000 for his film. He is a 2005 graduate of Northwestern State in theatre.

The City of Natchitoches would like to advise the public that on Saturday, October 12th, 2019 beginning at 6:00am the following streets will be closed:

Front Street from Touline Street to Church Street
This section of Front Street will open upon the conclusion of Farmers Market at 1:00pm.

Front Street from Church Street to St. Denis Street
This section of Front Street will open upon the conclusion of Tappedtober Craft Beer & Wine Festival at approximately 10:30pm.

The following streets will be closed beginning at 8:00pm on Saturday, October 12th, 2019 in preparation for an 8:30pm fireworks display on the South end of the Riverbank:

Church Street bridge
Williams Ave from Whitfield Ave. to Henry Ave.
This section of Williams Avenue will open upon conclusion of the fireworks display once the Fire Marshal has given the all clear.

In preparation for these events, the Downtown riverbank will be closed to all vehicular traffic beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 10th, 2019.

Farm Bureau Insurance recognized Triston Mitchell as Player of the Week for St. Mary’s Gators! Mitchell is a junior who plays Wide Receiver. He had a 75 yard touchdown caught against Oakdale.

Orchestra Director at Natchitoches Magnet Evan Korn invites the public to participate in a Mattress Fundraiser for the school’s orchestra and band programs. The event will be held this Saturday, Oct. 12 in the Magnet School’s lower gym from 10 am – 5 pm.

“I know it sounds a little weird,” said Korn. “But the funds we raise will go to our orchestra and band students for trips and funds for instruments and repairs.”

The products are name-brand like Beauty Rest, etc. with the same factory warranties you will find in stores without the hassle of traveling a long distance. They will be delivered to you anywhere in Louisiana. Multiple sizes of beds will be shown with all the accessories one might would want.

NATCHITOCHES PARISH:

Robert Tucker
March 18, 1951 – October 07, 2019
Service: Wednesday, October 9 at 11 am at Friendship Cemetery in Provencal

L. (Laurence) Michael Caruthers
August 07, 1971 – September 28, 2019
Service: Sunday, October 13 at the 1:30 pm at the Rosa Chapel United Methodist Church in the Marthaville Community

Curtis Huntley
September 21, 2019
Arrangements TBA

SABINE:

Alma Lurline Edwards
September 24, 1922 – October 5, 2019
Visitation: Wednesday, October 9 at 1 pm at Spring Ridge Baptist Church
Service: Wednesday, October 9 at 2 pm at Spring Ridge Baptist Church
Interment: Spring Ridge Cemetery

RED RIVER:

Ann Stilwell Price
August 06, 1938 – October 06, 2019
Service: Wednesday, October 9 at 2 pm at Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home Chapel
Interment: Thomas-Wren Cemetery

For the second week in a row, and the fourth time this season, Northwestern State volleyball picked up a Player of the Week honor from the Southland Conference.

Following a stellar offensive performance last week in two conference road wins, senior Alexis Warren was named the SLC Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.

The Cypress, Texas native hammered 38 kills in just two matches on just seven errors and a .402 hitting percentage with a 4.2 kill per set average. In the win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi she recorded her first 20-kill match of the season and the first since her sophomore campaign. She had a season-best .425 hitting percentage in the match, committing just three errors in 40 attempts. It was her sixth kill-dig double-double of the season as she picked up 12 digs in the match.

She followed the effort Thursday with an 18-kill outing in the five-set victory at Incarnate Word on Saturday. It was the first time this season she hit better than .375 in consecutive matches and her second highest single-match kill total of the year.

On the season Warren has 192 kills, already surpassing last year’s total in just 18 matches. She is second on the team in total kills, behind the SLC leader Hannah Brister, and ranks seventh overall in the conference. NSU is one of just two schools with two players ranked in the top 10 in total kills in the conference.

The Lady Demons host Lamar on Tuesday night at Prather Coliseum before a road contest at Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday.

Congratulations to the 2018-19 Natchitoches Christmas Angels:

Pre-K Angel – Charlee Rhodes
Kindergarten Angel – Carleigh Bush
1st Grade Angel – Jolene Seaman
2nd Grade Angel – Kaylee Jones
3rd Grade Angel – Eliana Hawkins
4th Grade Angel – Layla Slaughter
5th Grade Angel – Naomi Vercher
6th Grade Angel – Kennedy Sykes
7th Grade Angel – Dasani Hardison
8th Grade Angel – Taylor Eubanks

Other contestants recognized at the pageant included:

8th Grade 1st Runner Up and Photogenic – Cailynn Kay
7th Grade 1st Runner Up and Photogenic Winner- Anderson Kelly
7th Grade 2nd Runner Up – Kelsey Cameron
6th Grade 1st Runner Up and Photogenic Winner – Olivia Curl
5th Grade 1st Runner Up – Sadie Summerlin
5th Grade 2nd Runner Up and Photogenic Winner – Charity Marshall
4th Grade 1st Runner Up and Photogenic Winner- Darvy Allison
4th Grade 2nd Runner Up – Brinlee Berry
3rd Grade 1st Runner Up and photogenic winner – Ady Rhodes
2nd Grade 1st Runner Up – Anistyn Rhodes
2nd Grade 2nd Runner Up and Photogenic Winner – Khloe Kaufman
1st Grade 1st Runner Up – Kambria Berry
1st Grade 2nd Runner Up – Hadley Mayeaux
1st Grade Photogenic Winner (not pictured) – Sophia Conklin
Kindergarten 1st Runner Up – Brinley Cedars
Kindergarten 2nd Runner Up and Photogenic Winner – Caitlyn Bradley
Pre-K 1st runner up and photogenic award – Zoey Solomon
Pre-K 2nd runner up – Riley Moss

Another game, another appearance on Cox Sports Television for the Northwestern State football team.

When the Demons host Central Arkansas for Homecoming on Oct. 19, they will do so while making their third straight appearance on CST as the broadcast was announced Monday afternoon as part of the Southland Conference’s Week Eight television package.

Kickoff will be at 6 p.m. and is available on ESPN+ for those outside CST’s footprint.

The Homecoming matchup against the Bears follows CST telecasts of games against Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 28) and at Nicholls (Oct. 12) for Northwestern State.

With Monday’s announcement, four of Northwestern State’s first seven games have been carried by an over-the-air provider, joining the Sept. 14 SEC Network game at LSU and CST’s coverage of the Sept. 28 and Oct. 12 games.

The matchup with the Bears also will air on the Demon Sports Network, flagshipped by 94.9 FM the River and including 710 AM KEEL in Shreveport and 105.5 KBKK in Alexandria.

The Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts (LSMSA) will host Jon Griffin Donlon’s Landscapes of the Atchafalaya, abstract expressive paintings & 16X20 fine art photographs in support from October 8th through October 28th in the CPT Art Gallery .

Jon Griffin Donlon was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and graduated from ULL; he left Louisiana to pursue graduate work at the University of Illinois. He has since then shown his drawings, paintings, and photographs from time to time regionally, nationally, and internationally. This is the first large show of Donlon’s free-hanging landscapes since 2005 when much larger work (12 X 16 and 16 X 20) were displayed in Baton Rouge.

Donlon took his Ph.D. from the U of I in the Department of Leisure Studies, specializing in controversial leisure and tourism. In the ensuing decades he has worked in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Near East, the Mediterranean, and the United States. The author of Bayou Country Bloodsport: The Culture of Cockfighting in Southern Louisiana published by the McFarland Press, he has recently finished 8 years in Japan as a full professor at Tokai University in Tokyo and is now occasional faculty at ULL and LSMSA in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Donlon’s work, usually fairly large paintings, falls into a broad movement in American art that began in the late 1940s and with powerful impulse continues to this day. Exploding from the dynamics of social change triggered by the war, this Abstract Expressive form quickly became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s with people such as Willem de Kooning, Franze Kline and Mark Rothko being well-known exemplars. Donlon admits to being especially fond of and influenced by Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Ad Reinhardt, Elaine de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, most of whom worked, lived, or exhibited in New York.

Many different painterly styles are involved in Abstract Expressionism, varying in both technique and quality of expression although, despite this variety, the results often share several broad characteristics. According to one authority, “they are basically abstract—i.e., they depict forms not drawn from the visible world. They emphasize free, spontaneous, and personal emotional expression, and they exercise considerable freedom of technique and execution to attain this goal, with a particular emphasis laid on the exploitation of the variable physical character of paint to evoke expressive qualities.” Donlons landscapes of the Atchafalaya don’t render the place as it looks, but as we are made to feel when we look at it.

Aside from his paintings, Donlon is showing sets of drawings and suites of photographs around the state. With his Others InSite the artist at times approaches and at times avoids fully exploiting the beautiful, chilly fine-art surface of “hand-printed” photographs. His images hint to the viewer that the exotic setting is at once a gorgeous presentation, and the result of a slightly appropriative, voyeuristic gaze. Anchored in Dr. Donlon’s travel scholarship, these images demand that the viewer reflect on the process of creation, that bringing into being as “fine art” necessarily imbues the quotidian with prestige. At the same time, the subject under view undergoes jeopardy of loss of autonomy when “captured.”

Donlon was fortunate to have been a student of the legendary Elmore Morgan, Jr., both as a child in Lafayette’s Girard Park Summer Program (enrolled by an aunt who partly raised him), and, later, while working for his art degree at then USL. The strong arts faculty of USL influenced him at the time, including Elemore Morgan, Jr., Fred Packard, Robert Russet, Bob Wiggs, and others – what a wonderful group of teachers, and how lucky he was back then. Donlon’s interests in photography and painting flourished.

Parish President Rick Nowlin, in conjunction with IBTS, is pleased to announce that residents, contractors, and developers can now submit permit applications online. IBTS is a third-party contractor providing building inspections, floodplain management, and other services to the Parish. The Parish Council recently approved a two-year contract with IBTS, and with that contract the Parish now enjoys access to IBTS’ online permitting software. Additionally, any person applying for a permit will have the option of paying the permit fees with a debit or credit card.

Residents are reminded that the erecting of any new structure, or the improvement to any existing structure, on a piece of property outside of the incorporated limits of the cities of Natchitoches, Provencal, and Campti must be properly permitted by the Parish Planning and Zoning Office.

Anyone wishing to apply for permits online should visit www.npgov.org. In the top right-hand corner of the website are two options: “Permits Online” and “Permit App.” Either option brings the user to IBTS’ login page, where a user profile will need to be created. The profile will then need to be approved by IBTS or the Parish Planning and Zoning Office. Once the approval is complete, the user may submit a permit application and pay the requisite fees.

Residents needing assistance with the new online permitting system may call the Parish offices at 318.352.2714.

The upper level Ag. classes at Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School were able to tour the Red River Mill in Campti to celebrate manufacturing month. Our students learned about the history of the Red River Mill, the process of making paper, and the skills needed to be hired at the mill. Our students also were given a tour of the mill while wearing the proper personal protective equipment provided by IP. This trip served as a connection between the safety and job skills taught in agriculture classes. A big thanks to our presenters and tour guides for this opportunity!

Pictured above are the Lakeview Agriculture II, Agriculture III, and Agriculture Leadership students who participated in the papermill tour.