Opinion

Every Sunday morning my husband and I attend church. It is important to us. It draws us closer to God and each other. The best Sundays are when we have the boys and we all sit together as a family. It is something I look forward to all week long. Sitting together in church as a family brings a sense of togetherness and closeness. So I was surprised this past Sunday when Jay said we were not going to church. Instead, as a family, we went to watch and participate in the send off of the 527th Engineer Battalion. This group of 150 National Guardsmen and women left Sunday for a year-long de ployment as part of Operations Spartan Shield, Freedom’s Sentinel and Inherent Resolve.

Politicians can disappoint you and they often do. Union Parish Clerk of Court Dodi Eubanks is not one of those, probably because she is not a politician. Dodi has integrity and is quiet, efficient, non-controversial and unassuming. I have watched her grow professionally from the time she began as a deputy clerk many years ago. Smart and hardworking, she is a dedicated public servant and has done an outstanding job as our clerk of court.

America has been in the throws of a worldwide pandemic for 13 months. Disease and death have become constant. We went on a nation-wide shutdown that led to initial calls of American xenophobia and later became the national standard for countries around the world.