🌱 Which Blanchard Elementary teacher just scored a $1,000 classroom grant?

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• Which Blanchard Elementary teacher just scored a $1,000 classroom grant?

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: An a.m. shower; rather cloudy, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 78, low: 62.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Independence Bowl Foundation awards $40,000 to local educators (ktalnews.com) — A Blanchard Elementary teacher, Marisa Jefferson, is among 29 local educators receiving $1,000 classroom project grants from the Independence Bowl Foundation’s partnership with Extra Yard for Teachers. Public school teachers across several northwest Louisiana parishes were honored, and each also gets two tickets to the Dec. 30 Independence Bowl game between Coastal Carolina and Louisiana Tech in Shreveport.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Bilinguals Storytime
  Bossier Parish Libraries East 80 Branch , 1050 Bellevue Rd , Haughton
  10:00 am
• LIFE 4 TEENS
  North Caddo High School , 201 Airport Dr , Vivian
  4:30 pm
• Crochet Club
  Bossier Parish Libraries Benton Branch , 115 Courthouse Dr , Benton
  5:00 pm
• Pinterest Party
  603 Latimer St , Mooringsport
  7:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Creative Friday
  Bossier Parish Libraries East 80 Branch , 1050 Bellevue Rd , Haughton
  11:00 am
• Family Creative Friday
  Bossier Parish Libraries East 80 Branch , 1050 Bellevue Rd , Haughton
  11:00 am
• Coffee Time
  Shreve Memorial Library - Means Branch , 7016 E Magnolia Ave , Ida
  12:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• MOVIE and a CRAFT
  North Caddo High School , 201 Airport Dr , Vivian
  3:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland
  Shreveport Municipal Auditorium , 705 Grand Ave , Shreveport
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Art Smarts: Donut Masterpieces
  Robert E. Smith Library , 6301 Canal Blvd , New Orleans
  4:00 pm
• Haughton Boys Varsity Basketball @ North Caddo
  North Caddo High School , 201 Airport Dr , Vivian
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• Shreveport Card Show
  Shreveport Convention Center , 400 Caddo St , Shreveport
  9:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member Part Time in Blanchard. Apply here.
• Planet Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Custodian weekend in Shreveport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blanchard here.

🗞 Nearby News

Shreveport

• North Louisiana Interfaith starts 10-month leader training series (ktalnews.com)
• Shreveport FD conducts hazardous materials, firefighter safety training (shreveportbossierjournal.com)
• Remembering Gay Nell Bates (shreveportbossierjournal.com)

Bossier City

• I-20 lanes reopen in Bossier City (ktbs.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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