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• The Wellspring Domestic Violence Program is in immediate need of sturdy clothing racks (both new and used welcome). Please contact Valerie Bowman at 651-9314 or email vbowman@wellspringalliance.org.

• Rayville Masonic Lodge #209 will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 25. The lodge meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

• The Rayville boys basketball team will face Northeast Louisiana High School in a playoff game at 7 p.m. Friday at the Rayville High School gym. Tickets are $7.

• Rayville Youth signup for baseball and softball will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Tim McGraw Sports Complex. Forms are also available at local elementary and junior high schools as well as Dawn Mims law office on Glenda Street.

• Mangham Dixie Youth Baseball signups will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 27 and March 6 at Mangham Baptist Church. For more information, call Bryan Weed at 728-2574 or Alan Cupp at 248-3057.

• Delhi Dixie Girls summer softball league registration is underway. Young ladies ages 3 - 18 can register from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Delhi park. Players, parents, or businesses who are interested in participating or supporting the league in any way are encouraged to contact Angie Franklin at 878-7070 or Sandra Davis at 878-8527.

• New Beginnings Christian Ministries, 204 Morgan St., Rayville, will host its annual Black History Celebration at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 28.

• Westside Baptist Church on Acel Street in Rayville will host a fourth-year appreciation program for pastor and first lady, Timothy and Jennifer Tennant at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

• Marge Roberts will preach her first sermon at 3 p.m. Feb. 28 at Macedonia Baptist Church of Rayville. Refreshments will be served.

• Hamlett Temple C.M.E. Church, 406 Scott St., will observe Black History Month at 3 p.m. Feb. 28.

• St. Peter’s Rock Baptist Church will host a Black History Celebration at 6 p.m. Feb. 28.

• North Central Baptist Church, located at 1374 Highway 859, Delhi, will host 2 Talk 4 2, Feb. 28 through March 3. Sunday service will began at 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday services will began at 6 p.m.. This is a puppet ministry for children of all ages. For more information, visit www.northcentral-baptist.org or call Eddie Fuller at 878-3703 or cell 366-3111.

• 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 341-7090.

• Richland Parish Schools will host district wide parent/teacher conferences in Delhi, Holly Ridge, Mangham, Rayville and Start on March 5. Times will vary and interested parents should contact their respective schools. Report cards will be given during the conference.

• Mangham Baptist Church will host a gospel singing at 6 p.m. March 6.

• The National Family Caregiver Support Program can provide personal services at no cost to caregivers through the Council on Aging. Please contact the Richland Voluntary COA at 728-2646 or United Home Services at 329-9264 or 888-799-9968 to learn more about the program.

• 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.