🌱 Kinder Food Distribution- St Philip Neri and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 45 degrees.
• Wednesday: A few morning showers, temps: high: 67, low: 55.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 42 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Kinder Food Distribution- St Philip Neri
  607 4th Ave , Kinder
  3:30 pm
• Pitkin Basketball at Buckeye
  Pitkin High School Pitkin, LA 70656
  5:00 pm
• ARCA Girls Varsity Basketball @ Basile
  Basile High School , 2835 2nd St , Basile
  5:30 pm
• Evans Boys Varsity Basketball @ Oberlin
  Oberlin High School , 118 W 6th Ave , Oberlin
  6:00 pm
• Hicks Girls Varsity Basketball @ Glenmora
  Glenmora High School , 1414 7th Ave , Glenmora
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Krafty Kids Popsicle House Craft
  Jefferson Davis Parish Library , 813 Main St , Elton
  3:30 pm

Monday December 22

• WCA Boys Varsity Basketball @ Sacred Heart
  Sacred Heart High School , 114 Trojan Ln , Ville Platte
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Kinder Yellowjackets vs Welsh Greyhounds
  Kinder High School , 145 LA-383 , Kinder
  5:00 pm
• Pickering Boys Varsity Basketball @ Reeves
  Reeves High School , 13770 LA-113 , Reeves
  7:00 pm
• Welsh Boys Varsity Basketball @ Kinder
  Kinder High School , 145 LA-383 , Kinder
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Staff Meeting
  1627 Clark , Pine Prairie
  10:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Acadiana Renaissance Faire 2026
  629 Mount Carmel Rd , Ville Platte
  4:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CROSSMARK posted a job opening for (immediate hire) Retail Merchandiser in Oakdale. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Glenmora

• Soccer Recap: Glenmora Has No Trouble Against Peabody (maxpreps.com)

Eunice

• LSU Eunice announces 2026 baseball schedule (crescentcitysports.com)
• Candle-light vigil for teen in Eunice brings together family and community (klfy.com)

Alexandria

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