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community DeAngelo’s exhibits Creativity Group works
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Hamburger on a bun, lettuce/ tomato/onion, mustard/ketchup/ mayo, baked beans, fruit. PILATES: 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., Gonzales Senior Center. PIYO: 9 a.m., Donaldsonville Senior Center. ZUMBA GOLD: 10:30 a.m., Gonzales. CAJUN NEEDLERS: 12:30 p.m., Gonzales.
Artworks by nine members of River Community Church’s Creativity Group are on display in “This and That,” an exhibit at DeAngelo’s Restaurant, 7550 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge. The exhibit will be on display until mid-January. The Creativity Group meets twice a month on Wednesdays at the Prairieville church, 36367 Old Perkins Road, to work on projects such as drawing, painting, knitting, art quilts, beading and scrapbooking. To join, email Jeanie Liehe at marvinbuys2@gmail.com or call the church at (225) 744-4367.
THURSDAY
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‘Homecoming,’ a mixed media fabric collage by Yvonne Bayahm, is on display in the ‘This and That’ art exhibit at DeAngelo’s Restaurant on Bluebonnet Boulevard in Baton Rouge.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
A CAJUN FAMILY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL: 9 a.m., Cajun food and drinks. Please bring a toy for the Marine Corps Toys-For-Tots drive. Admission is $10. www.batounrougecajundance.com ART GUMBO MARKET: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Houma’s House Plantation, 40136 La. 942, Darrow. The market includes complimentary food tasting from Latil’s Landing Restaurant. Café Burnside, on the grounds at Houmas House, is open for casual dining. COOKIE SWAP & STEMWARE SNOW GLOBES: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Ascension Parish Library Donaldsonville, 500 Mississippi St. REPTICON REPTILE SHOW: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Trademart Building, 9039 S. St. Landry St., Gonzales. Adults $10, children (ages 5-12) $5, children age 4 and under free. For more information, www.repticon. com/batonrouge.html PICTURES WITH PAPA NOEL: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cabela’s, 2200 W. Cabela’s Parkway, Gonzales. Receive picture with holiday photo holder. There will be kids crafts. CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Jambalaya Park, 1015 E. Cornerview St., Gonzales. Experience the “Winter Wonderland” area complete with snow. Get a selfie with Santa, then treat the family to theater popcorn, hot chocolate and other “movie-style” concessions. “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” and “Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure” will be playing.
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THURSDAY ANNUAL HOLIDAY SOCIAL: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 14190 U.S. 61, Gonzales. Sponsored by Baton Rouge Physical Therapy. Admission is $20. For more information, email info@ascensionchamber.com APPRECIATION CHRISTMAS PARTY: 6 p.m., The Clement Team real estate, 16395 Pascal Drive, Prairieville. A night of appreciation for employees, clients, family and friends. Enjoy food, refreshments and giveaways. Children welcome. LOSS AND GRIEF SUPPORT MEETING: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Hospital, Sister Vernola conference room, 1125 W. La. 30, Gonzales. For those who have experienced loss of any kind. Facilitated by the Grief Recovery Center to help through the grieving process. PAJAMA STORY TIME: 6:30 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Gonzales, 708 S. Irma Blvd., and Galvez, 40300 La. 42, Prairieville.
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TUESDAY FUN WITH MRS. CLAUS: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Dutchtown.
WEDNESDAY INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2013: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Gonzales branch. MAKE YOUR OWN SNOW GLOBE: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Gonzales branch.
DEC. 17 SMALL BUSINESS COUNSELING AND MENTORING: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Dutchtown branch, 13278 La. 73, Geismar. TEEN BOOK CLUB: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Galvez branch. FUN WITH MRS. CLAUS: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ascension Parish Library Gonzales branch. LOSS AND GRIEF SUPPORT MEETING: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Hospital, Sister Vernola conference room, 1125 W. La. 30, Gonzales. For those who have experienced loss of any kind. Facilitated by the Grief Recovery Center to help through the grieving process.
CRUSADE
Continued from page 1G To be chosen as a Christmas Crusade recipient, applicants must provide the Sheriff’s Office with proof of Ascension Parish residency, a valid Louisiana driver’s license or state identification card, proof of income and copies of each child’s birth certificate, said Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Janet Fontenot. The shopping spree took place Dec. 3 at the Gonzales Wal-Mart, where a large tractor-trailer waited in the parking lot to store all the purchases until the toy distribution Dec. 12. Inside the store, nearly 150 volunteers from school clubs, community organizations and the Sheriff’s Office received cards with a child’s first name, age and a suggested list of toys. The Sheriff’s Office placed a $40 limit on the amount the volunteers could spend per child. Volunteers then brought their purchases to specially-marked registers to check out where Wal-Mart waived all taxes. Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley told the crowd that while
ZUMBA GOLD: 9 a.m., Donaldsonville. LOUISIANA RELAY HEARING SERVICES: 10 a.m., Donaldsonville. CANASTA: 11:30 a.m., Gonzales.
MONDAY Chicken breast fillet sandwich with barbecue sauce on a bun, country cottage blend, baked beans, mandarin oranges. BEADING CLUB: 9 a.m., Gonzales and 10:30 a.m., Donaldsonville.
TUESDAY Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, green peas, whole-wheat bread, almond poppyseed cake. YOGA: 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., Gonzales. COUPON SWAP: 9 a.m., Gonzales. ZUMBA GOLD: 9 a.m., Donaldsonville and 10:30 a.m., Gonzales. GONZALES CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: 10 a.m., Prairieville Head Start.
WEDNESDAY
BOURRÉ CARD GROUP: 10:30 a.m., Donaldsonville.
Ham and turkey chef salad over green garden salad, ranch dressing, fruit, saltines, brownie. CRAFTS: 9:30 a.m., Gonzales. FAST EXERCISE: 9:30 a.m., Donaldsonville and 10:45 a.m., Gonzales.
the youngsters enjoy receiving gifts, the night offered a valuable lesson for those young volunteer shoppers giving a hand. “We want you to also learn how to give stuff,” Wiley said. Donations from various community organizations continue to allow the Sheriff’s Office to buy these toys, including $870 from G.W. Carver Primary School, $700 from Ascension Credit Union, 120 bikes from the charity Bikes for Tikes and a toy donation from Bizzy Bunch Preschool, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Lake Elementary School’s Beta Club raised $5,000 by selling jambalaya and holding other events, said the school’s Beta chapter sponsor, Morgan Hutchinson. “The kids are so young,” said Hutchinson. “It’s good to get them out to volunteer and give back to their community.” Cheyenne Moran, a Lake Elementary School seventh-grader and Beta Club member, shopped Thursday with her cousin, Kobi Mayers, and aunt, Daphne Domingue. The group was shopping for three family members, all girls, Moran said.
Moran wanted to surprise the older girl with some body wash and spray even though the items were not on her list. After attending last year’s toy distribution, Moran said she hoped to go again this year. “It’s usually cool to see how the kids react,” Moran said. Down another toy aisle crammed with shoppers and stocked high with Barbie dolls, Shawanda Hebert shopped with daughter, Madisyn Hebert, a seventh-grader at St. Amant Middle School. They were searching for Dora the Explorer toys, baby dolls, board games and a Leap Frog learning toy for 6- and 8-yearold girls. Madisyn Hebert said she enjoyed the experience of shopping with Christmas Crusade because she liked the idea of toys “going to families that need them.” But it was harder than expected to shop for strangers, some said. Friends Sarah Ryland and Kathryn Strain, also seventhgraders at St. Amant Middle, explained it was hard to know which colors their assigned
FAST EXERCISE: 9:30 a.m., Donaldsonville and 10:45 a.m., Gonzales.
SUNDAY
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Pinto beans with sausage link, steamed rice, mustard greens, orange, cornbread, oatmeal cookie snack cake. Lunch served at 11 a.m. at both centers. PILATES: 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., Gonzales. PIYO: 9 a.m., Donaldsonville. ZUMBA GOLD: 10:30 a.m., Gonzales. CAJUN NEEDLERS: 12:30 p.m., Gonzales.
For information, call Donaldsonville Senior Center at (225) 473-3789 or Gonzales Senior Center at (225) 621-5750.
girls preferred or even what size clothes they wore. “You don’t know what they like,”said Strain. Ayden Delapasse, 10, went through his suggested list for an 11-year-old girl rather quickly though, selecting arts and crafts projects, canvases and paint. His brother, Stantyn Delapasse, 7, was having a more difficult time thinking of gift ideas for an 8-year-old girl, especially since one of the items on his Christmas Crusade card was a phone app without actual merchandise to purchase, said the boys’ mother, Kassi Delapasse. Ayden said the shopping trip made him feel “good because you help people.” Kassi Delapasse struggled to describe how she felt about the excursion without becoming emotional. “That’s the word,” Kassi Delapasse finally said. “Fortunate.” Christmas Crusade toy distribution will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 12 at the Donaldsonville Courthouse and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Gonzales Courthouse, said Fontenot. For more information, call Fontenot at (225) 621-8318.
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REPTICON REPTILE SHOW: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Trademart Building, 9039 S. St. Landry St., Gonzales. Adults $10, children (ages 5-12): $5, children age 4 and under free. For more information, www.repticon. com/batonrouge.html CHRISTMAS CONCERT — BR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY BRASS: 4:30 p.m., Houmas House, 40136 La. 942, Darrow. GONZALES CHRISTMAS PARADE: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Jambalaya Park, 1015 E. Cornerview St., Gonzales.
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Ham with white beans, brown rice, seasoned turnip greens, pickled beets, cornbread, banana. LIVE MUSIC WITH FRANKIE AUCOIN: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Gonzales.
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