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• LSU AgCenter has information available for ordering virus-tested foundation sweet potato seed for the 2009 planting season. This information includes: Estimated number of available seed, pricing, variety descriptions, a resistance table and deadlines. If you are interested in learning more please contact Matt Gwin at 728-3216 or wgwin@agcenter.lsu.edu. The deadline for ordering is Jan. 15, 2009 and orders must be picked up by March 15, 2009. There is a limited supply so do not delay.

• The Mangham Power Breakfast is held at 7 a.m. each Wednesday at Mangham United Methodist Church. The power breakfast is held at 7 a.m. each Wednesday for all community youth. Following the breakfast, prayer and devotional, youth are taken to school. Transportation is available. For more information, call Patricia Jordan at 248-2778 or Marshall Sevier at 341-1666.

• The Hebert Community Choir will begin practicing for the Easter program, “Crown Him With Many Crowns,” at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 at Welcome Home Baptist Church in Hebert. For more information about participating in the musical, attend the practice or call director Bill Gueringer at 248-4116.

• 2 Talk 4 2 will be conducting services Jan. 11-14 at North Central Baptist Church, located at 1374 Hwy 859 Delhi. This is a puppet ministry for children of all ages. Sunday night service will begin at 5 p.m. and Monday through Wednesday services will begin at 6 p.m. All ages are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Eddie Fuller at 878-3703 or 366-3111.

• A defensive driving seminar with an AARP-certified instructor will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Richland Parish Civic Center. Pre-registration is required and is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Participants may pay at the door or at BancorpSouth, the Council on Aging or the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office in Rayville or Commercial Capital Bank in Delhi. Participants are reminded to bring their driver’s license and a ball point pen. The class could save seniors up to 15 percent on their auto insurance premiums.

• The Macedonia Baptist Church Youth Department will host an open house and Sunday school roundup at 1 p.m. Jan. 17. The church is located at 904 Martin Luther King Drive in Rayville.

• The Martin Luther King Memorial Committee will sponsor an Old Timers Basketball game Jan. 17.

• First Baptist Church, Rayville, will host a free concert featuring Jim Murphy at 6 p.m. Jan. 18.

• Macedonia Baptist Church, 904 Martin Luther King Drive, Rayville will host its annual leadership empowerment conference Jan. 23-25. Devotion and registration 6 p.m. Jan. 23 and activities begin at 8 a.m. Jan. 24-25 with worship services at 11a.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 728-4062.

• The World Famous Platters of Branson, Mo., will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Richland Arts Center located at Rayville High School. Tickets available the first of January at area banks in advance for $10. Tickets will be sold at the door for $15.

• New Beginnings Christian Ministries, located at 204 Morgan St., in Rayville, hosts an After-School Tutorial Program from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The program offers math, reading, writing, self-esteem building, values training, multi-cultural education and conflict resolution skills.

• HYPE Community Development, 612 Louisa St., will host an after school program from 4-6 p.m. weekdays for students in pre-K through 12 and students enrolled in GED programs. The program will focus on reading, English, math preparation for Leap, iLeap, GEE and ACT. For more information, call Phyllis Dorsey at 728-4946 or 728-4947.

• Rayville High School’s earliest Palmetto issue is the 1927 edition. The school is missing the books for 1929-1941, 1943-1945, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2003. Anyone who would like to donate a copy of any of these years to RHS, is asked to call the school at 728-3296.

• Free Health Screenings will be available to all residents of Richland Parish, 18 years and older, offered by The Richland Awareness Campaign Healthy Heart Program. The screening includes blood pressure, Heart Rate, Blood values using a simple finger stick only (Blood sugar, Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and Triglycerides). Brief, on-site counseling and education will be available at time of screening; screening will take an estimated 15 minutes, with blood values available in that time frame. All information is held confidential. To schedule your free screening, please call 878-2845.