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Wreaths Across America seeking sponsors for 2019

Just like the men and women of the armed forces throughout the ages have answered the call to serve, so have many answered the call to sponsor wreaths for their military dead through Wreaths Across America, but many more are needed. 

The Rhymes Memorial Building, in downtown Rayville, will once again be the local headquarters for Wreaths Across America, which gives loved ones the chance to honor those who served in the military with a balsam wreath placed on their gravesite. 

Senator discusses ramifications of state budget bill

The Louisiana Legislature just completed its 2019 Regular Session. The constitution called for a fiscal session so legislators busily debated tax and budget bills with House Bill 105, the General Appropriations Bill, being by far the hottest topic of the session.

The legislature began the session in a better posture to create a budget than it had been in the last three years. That, however, did not mean that the effort to pass a budget was not contentious. With an uncertain revenue forecast on the table, legislators began the session with two competing budget bills.

Alumni sponsor family movie night

Family movie night will continue at the Rayville Rosenwald/Eula D. Britton Alumni Center with Hidden Figures.

The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. July 6 at the alumni center, 103 Cotton St., Rayville.

Admission, popcorn and soft drinks are free. Donations will be accepted to help defray the cost of the event.

Hidden Figures is the story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henderson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), the three African American women who were the brains behind astronaut John Glen’s launch into orbit.

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