🌱 How Marksville’s 2025 Doll & Toy Fund is brightening local Christmases

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In today's newsletter:

• How Marksville’s 2025 Doll & Toy Fund is brightening local Christmases

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 63 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 74, low: 39.
• Friday: Sunny, cooler and less humid, with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 🎄💖 Join the 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund for a Merry Christmas! (avoyellestoday.com) — Marksville families can support the 2025 Margaret Michel Memorial Doll & Toy Fund, sponsored by the City of Marksville, to help provide Christmas gifts for local children. Donations, which are listed weekly, can be delivered to 427 N. Main St. in Marksville, while a companion Bunkie Rotary drive aids families in the Bunkie area.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Early Head Start Grandparent's Activity day!
  West Feliciana Parish Saint Francisville, LA 70775
  8:00 am
• Jackson Tourist Enhance Committee (JTEC) Monthly Meeting
  Milbank Historic House Bed & Breakfast , 3045 Bank St , Jackson
  1:00 pm
• St. Mary's Academy Girls Varsity Basketball @ Booker T. Washington
  Booker T Washington High School , 1201 S Roman St , New Orleans
  5:30 pm
• Eunice Rotary Club
  123 S 2nd St , Eunice
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• City Court in Session
  Courthouse
  8:00 am

Friday December 19

• WFHS Powerlifting at Catholic High (Boys)
  Catholic High School , 855 Hearthstone Dr , Baton Rouge
• SCC Boys Varsity Basketball @ West Feliciana
  West Feliciana High School , 8604 US-61 , St Francisville
  5:00 pm
• Delta Charter Boys Varsity Basketball @ LaSalle
  La Salle High School , 1460 Blake , Olla
  5:30 pm
• WFHS Girls Basketball vs Slaughter
  Slaughter Community Charter , 2944 LA-412 , Slaughter
  6:00 pm
• Frosty The Snowman Ballet
  Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center , 1202 3rd St , Alexandria
  7:00 pm
• Lunchbox Presents: Galvez Comedy Night with TanyaLee Davis
  Galvez Rum Tasting Room & Gardens , 1848 Charter St , Jackson
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• WFMS Girls Soccer vs Lightning (5/6)
  Burbank Soccer Complex , 12400 Burbank Dr , Baton Rouge
  12:00 pm

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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Virtual Partner Advantage posted a job opening for Client Accounts Payable Accountant in Marksville. Apply here.
• Louisiana Staffing posted a job opening for Correction Officer in Marksville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marksville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Pineville

• Alexandria and Pineville get new restaurants in 2025 (thetowntalk.com)
• Microsoft buys carbon credits from Louisiana bioenergy plant (neworleanscitybusiness.com)
• IHOP, Logan's among restaurants that closed in 2025 in Rapides Parish (thetowntalk.com)

Alexandria

• Rapides Parish educators honored with Outstanding Educator Recognition Program (kalb.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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