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PinestotheGulfhasnamed RachelBroussardasthenew CEO.GirlScoutsofLouisiana– PinestotheGulfservesthe42 parisheswestoftheMississippi River,includingthecitiesof Shreveport,Monroe,Alexandria, LafayetteandLakeCharles. GSLPGservesnearly8,000girls and3,000adultvolunteers. Broussard Broussardwaspromotedto CEOfromherpreviouspositionaschiefoperationsofficerof directservices.
Threecreativeprofessionalshavereceivedgrantfunding fromtheShreveport-basednonprofitWorksInProgress Louisiana. SinceincorporatinginMay2014,WorksIn ProgressLouisianahasawardedatotalofsixgrantsto regionalculturalworkers.Recentawardeesincludeauthor MikeSledge,painterTonyReans,multidisciplinaryartist
MicahHaroldfromShreveport,andpainter/sculptorMark CharlevillefromBenton.Investorsinterestedinengagingwith creativeprofessionalsshouldcontactDebbieHollis,director, [email protected].Allcontributionsto WorksInProgressLouisianaaretax-deductible.
WoodySchick,presidentand CEOofCitizensNationalBankhas announcedthatLarryMelancon hasjoinedCitizensNationalBank, N.A.asthenewbranchmanager attheMansfieldRoadBranch. Melanconisaveteranbanker withover35yearsofprofessional bankingexperienceinthe ShreveportandBossierCityarea.
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CommunityCollegeWeekreleasedits2014topcommunity collegerankingsandBossierParishCommunityCollegeisthe onlyLouisianacommunitycollegerankedintheTop50fastest
growingcommunitycollegesinthenationwithenrollments 5,000-9,999.BPCCranked11thonthelistofTop50,and ofthose11,thecollegewasoneofonlytwocommunity collegesrankedfromtheSouth.Therankings,published annually,arebasedongrowthbetweenfall2012andfall 2013.Thecollegeachievedanall-timerecordenrollmentof 8,695thispastfall(2014),anindicationthecollege’srapid growthisnotslowingdown.
KangarooExpresspresentedadonationof$2,000to AirlineHighSchoolaspartofitsValeroSpiritPumpprogram. Thecheckpresentationtookplaceduringhalftimeofthe boys’basketballgameattheschool.Thedonationwas madepossiblethroughKangarooExpress’ValeroSpirit PumpProgram,whichinviteslocalschoolcommunitiesto purchasefuelataspeciallymarkedValerofuelpump.From SeptemberthroughNovember,KangarooExpressdonated one-centofeverygallonoffuelpurchasedatthe“Spirit Pump”locatedattheatthe2651BentonRoadKangaroo ExpressinBossierCitytoAirlineHighSchool.Forthe2015
program,KangarooExpresswilldonateupto$344Ktoatotal of172schools,includingAirlineHighSchool.
WilliamD.Pederson’s“Lincoln Lessons:ReflectionsonAmerica’s GreatestLeader”(Southern IllinoisUniversityPress,2009) withFrankJ.Williamshasbeen namedoneofthebestbooks ofthepastdecadeonAmerica’s 16thpresident.Thehonoris reflectedinthecurrentissue (January2015)ofthe“Library Pederson Journal.”Thebooksuggests howaprominentgroupofLincolnscholarsencounteredthe GreatEmancipator,howhislegacyinfluencedtheirresearch focus,andwhytheyconsiderhimascentraltounderstanding Americanpoliticalculture.Pedersonisapoliticalscience professoratLSUSwhereheholdstheAmericanStudies EndowedChairanddirectoroftheInternationalLincolnCenter.
