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Waterproof mayor returned to office

Waterproof voters returned incumbent Mayor Jarrod Bottley to office by a 79 percent margin during Tuesday's election.

Bottley received 206 votes to Annie Watson’s 55.

Henry Jenkins, Ruby Scott and Archie Turner Jr. were elected as aldermen on the Waterproof Town Council.

Jenkins led the six-person race for the three at-large spots with 164 votes while Scott got 158 and Turner had 130. Also running were Joseph Ward with 110 votes, April Clark with 73 votes and Bobby Higginbotham with 59 votes. 

Hunter elected judge

Marcus Hunter was elected judge of the court of appeal for the first district of the second circuit over the weekend.

Hunter won the position with 61 percent of the balloting with 3,579 votes to J. Garland Smith’s 2,244.

Hunter carried Tensas Parish by 51 percent with 213 votes to Smith’s 206.

Grant helps Food Bank deliver in Tensas

A mobile food pantry distribution was held April 6 at the old Waterproof High School in Tensas Parish thanks to the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana and a grant from the Humana Foundation to assist with mobile food pantries in Madison and Tensas parishes. 

The investment will help The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana improve access to nutritious food by providing direct assistance to rural communities, including households disproportionately affected by hunger.

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St. Joseph officials and Louisiana Municipal Advisory and Technical Services Bureau members meeting last week in St. Joseph were, from left, Kristyn Childers, Police Chief Jimmy Brooks, Leslie Durham, Mayor Matt Alexander and Cliff Palmer.

St. Joseph, LMA work to improve equipment

Newly-elected St. Joseph Mayor Matt Alexander welcomed representatives from LaMATS last week to discuss a variety of issues and programs vital to the town’s resurgence. 

“We met with them to discuss the services they have available and discuss ways we can work together in the future,” Alexander said.

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Tensas students tour Costa Rican cultural sites

A group of Tensas Academy high school students and adults recently spent eight days in beautiful Costa Rica.  

While there, they experienced a variety of landscapes and activities. The trip touched on many of the unique places this small country offers. It is often called the “Switzerland of Central America”.  

The group toured Doka Estate, the oldest coffee plantation, and hiked four kilometers up to Mt. Arenal to view the volcano. They took day and night tours and zip-lined through the cloud forests of Monte Verde.

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