"Don't be a dummy. Buckle up." Larry and Vince, the duo that made that phrase famous in television commercial spots, are in Jennings to promote driving awareness and safety belt use, said Jennings Fire Chief Tommy Deshotel.
The rapidly expanding program for the Jeff Davis parish fair and oil exposition here Wednesday through Saturday of next week will include an address by Commissioner of Agriculture Dave Pierce at 10 a.m. Friday at the fair grounds.
Lacassine High School Student Council members (above) were on hand to serve guests at the annual Krewe de Wise Mardi Gras Ball held at the Lacassine Community Center and put on by COA. Longtime dance partners Paul Lyons and Shirley LeBleu (right) cut a rug during the event.
Live Oak Lodge No. 346 and Jennings Lodge No. 249 present checks from both lodges to Grand Lodge of Louisiana Grand Master Terry Flower for the Shriners Hospital in Shreveport and the Louisiana Masonic Learning Center for Children. The presentation was made at the Habibi Shriners meeting in Lake Charles this month.