Tonight ,Journal Sports will present live video coverage of the Riverdale Academy vs Sharkey-Issaquena Academy football game from Rolling Fork, Mississippi.  Kickoff is at 7:00 pm and our broadcast will begin about half an hour before.  To watch the game, go the Red River Parish Journal’s Facebook page and look for videos.  The link will be live about 6:40 pm.

Journal Sports live video of Red River Bulldog football will begin about September 25^th.  We are accepting applications for people to join the broadcast team.  These are paid positions, and a commitment to the entire schedule of 8 games plus possible playoffs is required.  Send info to RedRiverParishJournal@gmail.com or text to 318-564-3609.

Philip Maxfield reports from Lifeshare that the final total of blood units collected at Rivertown Market on September 8^th was 18.  Their goal had been 12.  Maxfield said another blood drive is scheduled at Martin Baptist Church on Sunday, September 27th from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Two online phlebotomy technician training courses will be held in late September through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic and Continuing Education.  Each course will be a combination of online and face to face instruction. A phlebotomy technician training course will be held in Natchitoches starting Sept. 21 and on NSU’s Cenla campus in Alexandria at 1410 Neel Kearby Blvd. beginning Sept. 28.  Classes will be offered online through Moodle. The skills portion for the Natchitoches course will be on Nov. 2, 4 and 6 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in South Hall. The skills portion for the Alexandria class will be on Nov. 9, 11 and 13 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Facial coverings are required, and safe distancing will be observed.  For more information or to register go to checkout.nsula.edu or email ece@nsula.edu.

Flutist Dennette McDermott and bassoonist Douglas Bakenhus will present a faculty recital, “From Baroque to Galant,” on Monday, Sept 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall.

A personal note:  Where were you on the morning of September 11th, 2001.  If you are still in high school you were’t born yet.  If you are over 19, where were you.  I was at work doing my daily news talk show on KNOC, Natchitoches when we heard.  The TV in the newsroom was on and all channels interrupted.  We did the initial bulletin locally then joined ABC Radio for more coverage.  And we kept at it for days and days.  My first national story to cover was the assassination of JFK.  Then there was the RFK assassination.  And Martin Luther King.  Hurricane Katrina. And on and on.  Adrenaline kept us going and we kept the facts coming as the story developed.  So where were you on 9/11/2001?  Remember the feeling and pass it on to this generation and the next.

For many years the 5th grade class at Riverdale has been responsible for putting the flag up every morning and taking it down in the afternoon. Mrs. Katie and her 5th grade class are keeping the tradition alive! Thank you to Jay Donald for the new flag.