Clara Singer
January 18, 1940 to June 8, 2022
View full obituary here:
https://redriverparishjournal.com/2022/06/25/clara-singer/
Wanda Celeste Burr
August 24, 1954 to June 25, 2022
View full obituary here:
https://redriverparishjournal.com/2022/06/28/wanda-celeste-burr/
From the Social Springs Community Water System: Hey folks on our North Water System. This is all our customers toward Ringgold. We have been having issues with discolored water. This is due to our customers using excessively large amounts of water for gardens lawns pools sprinkler systems and the water system had a leak. So when y’all our customers realize y’all are the problem we might get to the bottom of this. Just a note to let you know what’s going on. Thanks for calls letting us know where the discolored water is.
Dr. Anthony Pursell has been named director of bands at Northwestern State University. His appointment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Pursell will lead the nationally acclaimed 300-member Spirit of Northwestern Marching Band which has pleased audiences throughout the South and in international performances in London and Dublin, Ireland.
Amazing Grace Baptist Church is hosting a blood drive on Sunday July 3rd. Hours are 9:00 am until 1:00 pm at the church.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Wanda Celeste Burr, 67, will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta with Pastor Andy Whitten officiating. Interment will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Coushatta. The family will receive friends from 9:00 AM prior to service time.
Wanda was born on August 24, 1954, in Augusta, GA to Lee and Sarah Erdean Taff Kerby and passed away June 25, 2022, in El Dorado, AR.
After graduating from Lavaca High School, she relocated to Coushatta, Louisiana with her parents and siblings. There she became a devoted homemaker to her five children. Wanda spent her final years living in El Dorado, Arkansas, and enjoyed spending time with her family. She will be remembered as a generous and caring, daughter, sister, friend, and mother.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Julia Dawn Kerby and Michelle Irene Kerby.
Left to cherish her memory are her three sons, Jesse Burr and wife Amanda of Chest Springs, PA, Jeremy Burr of El Dorado, AR; and John Burr of El Dorado, AR; two daughters, Rachel Lange and her husband Brad Lange of El Dorado, AR and Sarah Burr and her late husband Leland Posey of Coushatta, LA; and 10 grandchildren Jakobe Lange, Addison Lange, Bailey Lange, Joseph Guy, Rebecca Guy, Faith Posey, Deanna Posey, Leland Posey, Jr., Kyrie Burr, and Brinley Burr, and her first great-grandchild, Amelie McCorkel. And siblings, Susan Bamburg and husband Brannon Bamburg of Coushatta, LA, Larry Kerby and wife Arlene Kerby of Coushatta, LA, Gary Kerby of Coushatta, LA, and Eugene Kerby and wife Hope Kerby of Saline, LA.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be John Burr, Jesse Burr, Brad Lange, Daniel Hudson, Tyler Egbert, Brandon Womack, Leland Posey, Jr., and Jakobe Lange.
In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the Salvation Army of El Dorado, AR.
Report from the Red River Sheriff’s Office for June 20-26, 2022.
Note: Under a new law signed by the Governor, booking photos are no longer being included in the Arrest Report.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
A graveside service for Clara Singer, 82, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Bethany Cemetery, 451 Bethany Church Road, Coushatta, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2022, at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, 310 Wellington Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Bishop Justin McCabe.
Clara was born January 18, 1940, in Shreveport, Louisiana to Mac Roe Singer and Mary Lizer Adams. She went to be with the Lord on June 8, 2022.
Clara graduated from Winterville High School in North Carolina. She enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1958. She trained as a personnel specialist at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Clara married William W. Replogle in 1960. While he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, she taught English to the local children. Later, Clara served five years in the Louisiana Army National Guard. After her daughter was born, she spent most of her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1978. Clara enjoyed teaching different age groups in Primary “Sunday school.” In 1990, she was determined to provide a safe high school learning environment for her daughter, so she found work in Colorado, and bravely relocated them from Louisiana.
Clara is preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, James Ambrose; sisters, Gladys, Irene, and Bertha. She is survived by her daughter, Julie (Replogle) Heise and husband, David; grandchildren, Adriane Replogle, Michael Cheek; and brother Grady Singer.
The family suggests that memorials may be made to LSU Medical School “Cell Bio and Anatomy”, Designation: lsuhsfoundation.org/in-memory-honor.
Q.P. Hicks
July 26, 1946 to June 19, 2022
Saturday Services June 25,2022 @ 11:00 a.m. Lie-in-State from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Zion Chapel B.C. Coushatta, La. Interment: Old St. Mary Cemetery.
Bettie Jean Womack
May 28, 1944 to June 23, 2022
Funeral service 11:00 am Monday, June 27, 2020 at Rockett-Nettles Chapel.
The National Weather Service is predicting another hot weekend for our area. High temperatures Friday, Saturday and Sunday are predicted to be 100 degrees. Heat index values could be as high as 109 on Friday.
Little or no rainfall is in the forecast. There is a 20% chance on Friday.
Here is the local forecast:
Friday – A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Heat index values as high as 109. West wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 76. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Saturday – Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 76.
Sunday – Sunny and hot, with a high near 100.
Sunday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
The planets are aligning. The National Weather Service said, The weather will generally be cooperating for the early risers or the night owls to enjoy a sky spectacle. This alignment of the planets will not occur again until August of 2040 so now is the time to see it.
Five of our planets will appear in a line across the early morning sky through the end of the month. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be lined up above the eastern horizon. This parade of planets will be visible 45 to 60 minutes before sunrise on cloud free mornings. The peak is on June 24th.
The Red River Sheriff’s Office congratulated Riverdale Academy student Isabella Stephens. Earlier this month her winning DARE essay from the 2021-22 school year represented Red River Parish in the 2022 DARE Northwest District Essay Contest. The district is composed of agencies from ten area parishes.
After finishing fourth in the overall competition, Isabella was awarded fifty dollars by the district in recognition of her excellent DARE essay!
On behalf of the Northwest District, her DARE Officer Lt. Troy Murray recently presented her with the check as well as a certificate. Great job Isabella!
Proper respect for the US flag includes disposing of used and no longer serviceable flags in the correct manner. In Red River Parish, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7287 provides proper flag disposal.
The post teamed up with Randy’s Hardware on US 71. A flag drop box is located on Randy’s front porch. Used flags may be placed in that box whenever the store is open. If you have a large flag to retire, just bring it inside.
And where do you get new flags? The Coushatta VFW Post has a source. Call 318-932-6557 and leave a message. We’ll put you in touch with a supplier.
By Steve Graf
Now let’s take a look at the impact of the 1980’s and 90’s, just to see how big bass fishing has become. Ray Scott (who passed away this past May) was the man who had the greatest impact and should be given the credit for everything professional bass anglers have today. Ray, from the very beginning, had a vision and wanted the sport to be on the same level as professional baseball or golf. He wanted anglers to have a career and be able to make a living while providing for their families. It was during the 80’s and 90’s that the sport of bass fishing progressed the most.
In 1980, an Oklahoma boy by the name of Jimmy Houston kissed his first bass and, according to his wife Chris, she got used to smelly kisses from that point on. Jimmy, of course, became a household name with his successful fishing career and the TV host of “Jimmy Houston Outdoors,” still airing today as one of the longest running outdoors TV programs ever. But in 1985, there was a shakeup at the top of which was America’s favorite fish to pursue. After a national survey by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife, it was determined that the largemouth bass was now the most popular fish to catch, dropping panfish to number two.
In 1987, working from his garage, Herb Reed created a new bass lure that took the fishing world by storm and created a whole new category for soft plastic stick baits with his creation of the Slug-Go. This was the first of its kind and would later be followed by another bait that just might be the greatest bass lure of all time…the Senko. This one was created from the mold of a Bic Pen by the legendary Gary Yamamoto. This bait has many tournament wins to name. It’s a bait that when professional anglers are asked if they could take a bait from today and go back in time, what bait would it be? Ninety five percent will say a Senko. This versatile bait catches fish all year long, in all types of conditions, and has become a staple for all serious bass fishermen.
Moving into the 90’s, Berkley Bait Company introduces the “Power Worm” with a built in scent that fish will bite and won’t let go. The success of their scented worm encouraged other companies to do the same. It’s also a time when scent became all the rage that some thought, and still think today, is a key to catching fish. Some anglers think it’s a hoax and others believe it really works and won’t fish without adding it to their baits in some form or another. One day I asked Michigan’s Kevin Van Dam, who many consider the greatest angler of all time, if he thinks scents work. He told me, “It doesn’t matter what others think, do you believe it works?” I told him “Yes” and he said, “Then that‘s all that matters. Anglers should always fish with confidence and with things they believe in. This is what makes an angler great….confidence.”
In 1992, Arkansas’s Larry Nixon, the greatest worm fisherman ever, became the first pro angler to earn over $1 million in B.A.S.S. events. To compare, Kevin Van Dam has won over $6 million since the late 1990’s. The closest angler to Kevin is California’s Skeet Reece who is #2 on the “All Time Money List” at a little over $3 million in winnings.
Next week, we’ll look at how the TV cable station, ESPN, changed the landscape of professional bass fishing forever. This one move to primetime TV changed the lives of professional anglers forever and exposed Americans to the sport in a way never seen before. Till next week, good luck, good fishing and don’t forget to set the hook!
OMC SEEKING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER –
Outpatient Medical Center (Natchitoches Headquarters) is looking for a fulltime CFO to join our leadership team and report to our CEO and Board of Directors. The CFO is responsible for fulfilling all financial and collections priorities/requirements of the organization and to effectively manage and direct assigned staff. Must be willing to join a new leadership team and continue improvements initiated over the past two years – necessary to rebuild an organization once seriously threatened financially.
A successful candidate will not only be knowledgeable but also an excellent communicator with the ability to clearly explain fiscal and budgetary matters to executives and policy-makers. Must be exceptionally organized, assure accuracy of reports and tasks, and meet deadlines in a proactive manner. A successful candidate will have a record of highly responsible CFO experience in a healthcare setting, managing and accounting for multiple grants and revenue sources. OMC will also consider progressively responsible candidates who have extensive FQHC experience with audits, budgeting, management reports, accounting, billing, and supervision.
Resumes are being accepted by email to hr@outpatientmedical.org. Confidential inquires may be made to the CEO, Dr. Mark Guidry, at 318-357-2055.
Saturday July 16 is the date for the next Team Roping. The event will be held at Red River Cowboy Church Arena at Lake End. See the flyer below.
For more information, call Scottie Johnson at 318-652-0429.
This event will benefit the Cowboy Church mission team’s trip to Whyola, Montana in late July.
Tuesday afternoon Rivertown Market will host a LifeShare blood drive in their parking lot. The drive will be from 2:00 until 7:00 pm.
LifeShare is celebrating 80 years of supplying the blood needs of our area. They will present all donors with a special summer donor t-shirt.
To book an appointment at the blood drive or to get further information, call Philip Maxfield at 318-935-9838.
By Royal Alexander
Kneeling to protest the National Anthem endorsed but reasonable comparisons between Jan 6th and 2020 BLM riots punished. This past week the ‘ Woke’ NFL again demonstrated how asleep it is to the reason for its unpopularity and lost viewership.
Coach Jack Del Rio, defensive coordinator of the Washington Commandeers (formerly the Redskins) stated:
“A simple question,” Del Rio said on June 8. “Why are we not looking into [the riots at the protests], if we’re going to talk about [the Capitol riot]. Why are we not looking into those things? … I see images on the TV, people’s livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down, no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down, and we’re going to make that a major deal.”
He had also tweeted on June 6th “Would love to understand the ‘whole story’ about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is ?? #CommonSense.”
In response to those comments, Commander’s head football coach, Ron Rivera, levied a $100,000 fine against Coach Del Rio.
WOW. That’s quite a punishment for merely asking a question about a current, highly relevant issue in our country.
Why was former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick allowed—if not encouraged—to protest alleged police brutality but Del Rio is punished for merely asking a question and highlighting a clear inconsistency?
Let’s look back at the 2020 Summer of Riots.
Recall the orgy of violence, rioting, looting, murder and hate speech by Antifa and BLM that was merely deemed “peaceful protesting” by the Democrat Party and the national Left. The 2020 riots caused injuries too numerous to count including more than 2000 injuries to police, 18 deaths, and nearly $2 billion in property damage due to the looting and arson.
Recall the enormous damage and destruction of hundreds of historic monuments and statues across the country; or the church in D.C. that was nearly destroyed.
It is simply beyond dispute that Antifa and Black Lives Matter engaged in domestic terrorism.
Was any of this emphatically denounced by Joe Biden or the Democrat Party and the national Left? No, it was encouraged as a political tool to be used against President Trump.
We were told that the kneeling in sports venues across the country was “in protest of racial injustice.” (Please recall how former NFL quarterback, Tim Tebow, was harshly criticized for kneeling in prayer while Colin Kaepernick remains widely praised).
We quickly moved past demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd and calling for police reforms. That early effort, universally supported as it was, was replaced by the rioting and destruction we witnessed daily in 2020.
Let’s compare that to Jan. 6th.
We should remember that there were comparatively few lawbreakers while over a million of our fellow countrymen that day marched, sang, and prayed for their country. I have friends locally who attended, as did many others across Louisiana, as well as family in Virginia, and they didn’t plan or intend for one moment to do anything but exercise their freedoms of speech, expression and free exercise of religion while peacefully making their views known. Those guarantees are as iron clad as any that exist in our Constitution.
A fraction of those at the march have been charged with trespassing, assaulting law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property. Many have either pled their cases or they will be tried, and evidence will be presented, and an impartial jury of their peers will decide their guilt or innocence beyond a reasonable doubt.
So, why haven’t the Summer of Riots lawbreakers been arrested and prosecuted as the Jan 6th individuals have?
Because the preferred narrative of the Woke Left is to lionize protestors of “police brutality” while unfairly smearing and maligning the million plus patriots who showed up on Jan 6th, whom they deem racist and bigoted.
Coach Del Rio simply underscored that hypocrisy and has paid a steep price for it, financially and reputationally.
If the NFL, as a so-called “private” corporation, wants to be free to censor some speech while allowing speech it favors, it may do so. However, it needs to surrender the litany of enormous financial benefits it derives from the anti-trust exemptions it receives under state and federal law.
Until it does so, it needs to be required to allow all speech as a quasi-public government entity under our 1st Amendment.
The Grambling State University Marching Band said Louis Lemons, a native of Coushatta, is serving as the Summer 2022 High School Band Camp Assistant Male Camp Director. He started his journey in music in his church choir. He attended Red River High School where he was a part of the Marching Band.
After graduating in 2009, he continued his education at Grambling State University. He became a part of The World Famed Tiger Marching Band. Mr. Lemons graduated from Grambling with his bachelor’s in Instrumental Music Education with a focus in Percussion.
After college, Mr. Lemons became the band director at Peabody Magnet High School where he has taught for five years. Here he has achieved many accomplishments with his band and continues to push students to participate in band on a collegiate level.
Mr. Lemons believes music is a path to success. He has been a dedicated music educator and is always committed to exposing his students to new experiences. He has sent several students to march on the collegiate level and hopes to continue give opportunities that they never would have otherwise had without being in band.
Lemons’ first grade teacher remembers him. Christy Suggs said, “He is one of my former students. I taught him in 1st grade my 1st year (97-98) at Coushatta Elementary School.” Suggs added, “I just finished my 26th year.”
Grambling University Marching Band contributed to this article.
Q.P. Hicks
July 26, 1946 to June 19, 2022
Saturday Services June 25,2022 @ 11:00 a.m. Lie-in-State from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Zion Chapel B.C. Coushatta, La. Interment: Old St. Mary Cemetery.
Louisiana Melody Boys will be in concert Sunday at Hickory Grove Baptist Church. The concert begins at 10:00 am. A hot dog meal will follow.
Parents/Guardians of students at Red River Academic Academy who have not met with their child’s teacher for the mandatory exit conference and to pick up report cards by June 23rd will have to wait until the teachers return on July 5th. Report cards must be picked up at an exit conference. They will not be mailed.
This is the fourth Friday in June and tonight is the fish fry at Clara Springs Camp. $15 for all the fish and trimmings you can eat. Serving starts about 5:00 pm.
Dr. Mary Edith Stacy has been named dean of the College of Business and Technology at Northwestern State University. Her appointment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System. Stacy has been interim dean since October 2021. “I look forward to continuing to work with students, faculty, staff, alumni and stakeholders to advance the College of Business and Technology,” said Stacy. “Among my priorities will be attract and retain strong students and working closely with business and industry to make certain our programs are preparing our graduates for the workforce.”
Report from the Red River Sheriff’s Office for June 12-20, 2022.
Note: Under a new law signed by the Governor, booking photos are no longer being included in the Arrest Report.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
This information from the Red River Clerk of Court’s office:
QUALIFYING for the November 8th Election will be from July 20 – 22nd. Local Candidates will qualify at the Clerk of Court’s office in the Courthouse.
On the ballot there will be the following:
School Board Members
Hall Summit – Mayor, Chief of Police, and Aldermen
Martin – Mayor – to fill vacancy
Primary Election will be Tuesday, November 8th
General Election will be Saturday, December 10th
Long-time Red River School Board member, Gene Longino has decided not to seek re-election this fall. Longino told the Journal he was making the decision now so someone else would have time to prepare to run.
In a prepared statement Longino addressed the people of District 1. “I would like to thank the people of District One for the opportunity to serve as your School Board Member,” said Longino. “I am thankful and humble by the support shown me over the years as your board member.”
He added, “After much consideration, I have decided not to seek reelection for the coming term. I would encourage anyone living in District One who would be interested in serving on the School Board to seek election to the office.”
Qualifying will take place July 20-22 at the Clerk of Court’s Office in the parish Courthouse.
“Again, I am grateful to the people of District One and of Red River Parish for allowing me to serve in this capacity,” concluded Longino.
Recently the Coushatta Park received an upgrade from the local 4-H clubs.
Red River 4-H Agent Jacque Fontenot posted, “This JR Leader HYPE group worked hard in the heat to complete one of their park projects so that the kids could enjoy them this summer. Thank you, Mr. Peter Drake, for being with us today and thank you to the town of Coushatta for letting us work at the park.”
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