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SPAR accepting golf memberships for 2013

Submitted by wwoods on Friday, December 28th, 10:30 am
SPAR accepting golf memberships for 2013

Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation golf membership for 2013 is now available for signup.

Memberships are for either 6 months or a year and allow the holder unlimited rounds of golf on both Querbes and Huntington Golf Courses. (Huntington is currently closed for renovation work related to the Shreveport Bond Project.)

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Shreve Memorial Library asking for peanut butter during food drive

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager
Monday, December 17th, 2012, 5:43pm
Shreve Memorial Library asking for peanut butter during food drive

Shreve Memorial Library is once again hosting its “Food for Thought” food drive for the holidays. Along with  nonperishable food items, peanut butter is specifically being asked for because it's in very short supply and the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is in dire need of protein items such as peanut butter.

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SPAR announces winter camps

Submitted by wwoods on Saturday, December 15th, 10:30 am
SPAR announces winter camps

Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation Winter Camps for youth will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, Dec. 26 - 31, and Jan. 2 - 4 at each of SPAR's community centers.

Youth between age 6 and 11 and teens between age 12 and 17 participate in activities including exercise, games, field trips, and arts and crafts. Some centers also offer tennis and weightlifting.

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LifeShare Blood Centers to assist Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana

Submitted by wwoods on Friday, December 7th, 10:30 am
LifeShare Blood Centers to assist Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana

LifeShare Blood Centers has decided to make blood donors' life-saving good deeds go a little further: For every blood donation LifeShare Blood Centers collects on Saturday, Dec. 8 and Sunday, Dec. 9, it will donate a food item to the Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana, Ark.

The deal pertains not just to Texarkana but also for the 70 parishes and counties with 3.7 million people that LifeShare serves.

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Holiday Lanes joins Special Olympics fundraiser

Submitted by wwoods on Sunday, December 2nd, 10:30 am
Holiday Lanes joins Special Olympics fundraiser

Holiday Lanes in Bossier City has joined the nationwide fundraising effort Strikes for Special Olympics, which is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) campaign.

The event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Holiday Lanes, 3316 Old Minden Road in Bossier City.

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Querbes offers special winter golf rates

Submitted by wwoods on Thursday, November 22nd, 10:30 am
Querbes offers special winter golf rates

Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation Querbes Golf Course is offering a special winter rate of $14 for green fee and cart after 3 p.m. until dark daily.

The special winter rates will run through February 2013.

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“Miracle Babies” invited to CHRISTUS' 34th Christmas reunion

Submitted by wwoods on Tuesday, November 20th, 10:30 am
“Miracle Babies” invited to CHRISTUS' 34th Christmas reunion

CHRISTUS Sutton Children’s Medical Center is once again calling all “Miracle Babies,” who have overcome the odds of prematurity and developmental problems in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the annual NICU Christmas Reunion. 

The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 9 in the Schumpert cafeteria at One St. Mary Place. This will be the 34th annual reunion for the nurses, physicians, parents and patients.

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