Welcome fall with September Bingo on Wednesday, September 10 at 1pm. Enjoy refreshments and prizes at the Red River Parish Library.

The Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival is slated for Sept 19 & 20. Friday night opens with bands at 6pm. Saturday opens officially at 9am with bands starting at 11:30am. Free admission both days.

A TEAS Test Boop Camp will be offered through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the second-floor classroom of South Hall on NSU’s Natchitoches campus. Registration is $40 if completed by Sept. 12 and $50 after that date. The boot camp provides study tips for test success and a review of the TEAS sections on reading, math, science and English. The recommended text for the course is Mometrix Test Preparation (2016). ATI TEAS Secrets Study Guide, ISBN: 978-1-5167-0383-8. For more information or to register for  classes, go to checkout.nsula.edu or call (800) 376-2422 or (318) 357-6355.

Cook-Hill Bed & Breakfast in Grand Cane will host Ladies Bingo Night Sat. Sept. 13 from 5-7pm. Doors open at 4:30pm. $25 includes food, drinks, snacks and 5 games of Bingo. RSVP to Kathleen at 318.555.6925.

Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education will offer a Pick Up Your Brush painting class Sept. 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the second floor of South Hall. The fee is $45. In the class, participants will learn the art of painting using step-by-step instructions to create a masterpiece. Students will take home a completed painting at the end of the class. The painting will be titled “Truckload of Fall.” No special or prior skills are required. Children ages 7 – 12 years old are allowed to enroll, but a parent must accompany the child during the entire class. Parents do not have to enroll unless they take part. All supplies are included. For more information or to register for classes, go to
checkout.nsula.edu or call (800) 376-2422 or (318) 357-6355.

Hall Summit is having a Community Yard Sale Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8am – 2pm at the Hall Summit Community Center & Park. Spots are only $10. All money raised goes toward the park. 

Daylight saving time is coming to an end soon. Clocks will ‘fall back’ one hour at 2am on Nov. 2