Anderson’s Produce announced their last day this season is Saturday, July 27. Make sure you get over there and get the last of this season’s veggies. Anderson’s celebrated their 25th anniversary earlier this summer. 

Community HealthWays and LSU Ag Center will sponsor an Indoor Health & Resource Fair Thursday, August 1 from 10am until 2pm at the 4-H Building in Grand Cane. Along with health screenings, there will be door prizes, food and school supply giveaways. This event is free to the community. For more information contact Maria Bourgeois at 318.658.6409 or Erin Stockton at 318.872.0533.

The DeSoto Parish Library Board of Control is considering changing the library’s operational hours. The proposed change would shift closing time from 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM at all locations. The new operating hours would be Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Your opinion matters. Please share your valuable feedback at the following link: https://forms.gle/NHNpe8cAYrs7AYsE8

On Saturday, August 10th, Mansfield State Historic Site will host “Life Between the Battles” from 10am to 3pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to observe how soldiers lived during the long stretches of time between engagements. Taste the hardtack and coffee that made up a soldier’s daily fare, hear the sound of musketry during battle drills, and feel the weight of the wool uniforms that soldiers wore year-round.