FYI/Events

Library to host seminar
The Union Parish Library is hosting a TORCH Adult Program on Thursday, Oct. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Prehistoric Cooking Technology with Northeast Louisiana Archaeologist Reca Jones.  For more information, contact the library at 368-WATT (9288).

UPSO to hold fundraiser
The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office will join with numerous other law enforcement agencies in North Louisiana this Friday when officers and personnel join together to raise money for the Bastrop Police Detectives Charles “Chuck” Wilson and John Russell Smith Scholarship Fund.

Hamburger plates, priced at $5 each, will be sold in the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Farmerville between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Tickets are available in advance at the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office on Main Street

The memorial efforts follow the Aug. 10 slayings of the two during a standoff between suspects at a Bastrop motel.

For further information, contact Captain Brian Halley at 368-3124 or any Sheriff’s Office officer.

FHS class of ’86 plans meeting
The Farmerville High School class of 1986 is planning a meeting for Sat., Oct. 13. The meeting will be at Hollis Seafood in Spearsville at 5 p.m. We are looking forward to seeing all graduates to plan for our 2008 class reunion. Please contact Robin Parson Dixon at 368-1177 or Sernea Sims Dixon at 345-1054.

Tick Creek Fest coming
The annual Tick Creek Festival will take place on Oct. 13 in Downtown Haile on Hwy 143 at the Church of Christ from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will have booths, prizes, food and music. For more information call 292-4256.

Library to hold storytime
Union Parish Library hosts Smalltown Spotlight Storytime each Friday at 10 a.m. for preschoolers and homeschool children.

 Each week will spotlight a local resident, a story, and a seasonal craft project.