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Historian shares research on Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Livingston Parish

BY JAMES MINTON

Contributing writer

As war clouds gathered on the distant horizon and Americans fought for food and shelter during the Great Depression, a military-style camp arose in Livingston Parish’s piney woods.

Edward Livingston Historical Association members learned about the camp operated by the federal Civilian Conservation Corps at their Aug. 1 meeting, as Robert Reynolds, of Denham Springs, shared some of his research into the facility.

Reynolds, a multitalented musician, military reenactor and historian, became interested in the camp while researching records pertaining to his grandfather, John Alonzo “Hook” Simpson.

He was able to obtain his grandfather’s CCC records from the National Archives to help him in his research and collaborated with Darryl Andrews, of Livingston, to gather local records on the camp.

Located at Springville, the site was on leased timber company land off Red Oak Road southeast of Livingston, near the Tickfaw River and what is now La. 42.

The camp was named for state Rep. I.W. Sharp, who represented Livingston Parish in the state House of Representatives.

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Edith Zuckerman, played by Dena Olinde; Lurvy, played by Christian Rider; Fern, Cierra Rider; and Martha Arable, Harper Mallory; get the news that Uncle, the pig in the next pen, won the blue ribbon during the performance of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ July 23-25 at Wholly Grounds in Walker.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT Theater brings the arts to Livingston youth

BY RICHARD MEEK Contributing writer

STAFF PHOTO BY PEARL SPURLOCK

Decorations line the library window at South Fork Junior High School campus Aug. 4.

Walker middle school students move into $22 million campus

BY GIGI LIMAN Staff writer

When roughly 500 middle schoolers walked through the South Fork Junior High doors Thursday morning, they were part of a school’s inaugural class.

The first day of classes in Livingston Parish marked the official opening of South Fork, a $22 million, 80,000-square-foot campus that gives Walker’s middle school students a permanent

Recognizing a cultural void in the Livingston Parish community, Charlotte Reynolds and her husband, Robert, debuted the Spotlight Players Theatre in 2011 with the hope of raising awareness of the performing arts in the area.

Fifteen years later, Spotlight Players continues to thrive, as evidenced by the July 23-25 run of “Charlotte’s Web,” which was sold out for three of its four performances at Wholly Ground in Walker and 80% filled for a Saturday night performance.

Directed bytheater activist and educator Melani Glascock, the 34-member cast included 28 young people, from teenagers and younger.

“The kids as well as the adult actors did wonderful,” Reynolds said. “It’s surprising that the kids, to learn that many lines, and some had lots of lines to learn, were able to learn all of that and pull it off as far as the acting with it.

“It was very good and quite impressive.”

Wilbur, played by Nathan Wellls, of French Settlement; and Young Wilbur, played

ä See SPOTLIGHT, page 4G by Landon Walden, of Albany; take a brief break to contemplate their roles.

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St. Jude Poker Run on Saturday complete with ribbons, Stop by Manny’s buttons and lots of perBar Saturday for a L.F.A.C.C.’s St. Jude sonality.

Poker Run benefiting St. Saturday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m., Jude Children’s Research Afternoon Board Games (ages Hospital.

18+): Board gaming is Darlene booming Come to the Early registration Denstorff library and explore starts Friday at 6 p.m.

AROUND Manny’s. its collection – there’s LIVINGSTON something for everyone, For more information, call Manny’s at (225) 698whether you’re a casual 3001 or Jimmy Aime Jr., (225) player or a dedicated hobby571-5250 ist. From classics like Scrabble and Yahtzee to modern hits like At the library Space Base and Forest Shuffle, the fun is endless. Space availCheck out some of the proable for tabletop role-playing. grams planned at the Denham Tuesday, Aug. 18, 5 p.m., Diamond Art Springs-Walker Branch of the Livingston Parish Library.

Painting (ages 18+): Try diamond Contact the branch at (225) painting during this session Reg686-4140 or visit www.mylpl.info istration is required. for more details on any events at Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2 p.m., Hooks & the library.

Loops Crochet Club (ages 18+): Get Thursday, Aug. 13, 10:30 a.m., Bilingual hooked on making loops into Storytime (ages 0-8): This interaccool things. Swap ideas, work on your latest creation, and share tive bilingual storytime is for your knowledge. Whatever level children and caretakers that you are, come by and have fun combines stories, songs and crocheting. Bring your supplies activities in both Spanish and and spin a yarn with like-minded English. crafters.

Thursday, Aug. 13, 6 p.m., Bag Tag Bash (ages 5-18): Kids and teens ä See AROUND, page 2G can craft a backpack name tag

Live Oak’s Davis ready to expand on his record-setting 2025 season For Live Oak senior wide receiver Cash Davis, its all about the yards after the catch, a phrase in colloquial terms that is shortened simply to YAC. Last season, Davis was the main receiving threat for the most prolific offense in Live Oak Charles school history. He Salzer finished the season SPORTS with more than ROUNDUP 1,300 receiving yards as he became the first player in school history to have more than 1,000 in a season.

Davis will be one of the top players to watch this year after he picked up honors last season as an all-district 5-5A selection by the Louisiana Football Coaches Association. He was also named to The Advocate’s all-metro team.

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Live Oak wide receiver Cash Davis races up the sideline after making the catch against Dunham last season at BREC’s Olympia Stadium in Baton ä See SALZER, page 2G Rouge.

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Livingston Chamber of Commerce names interim CEO

BY GIGI LIMAN Staff writer

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce has named an interim CEO and hired a national search firm to find a permanent leader, marking its first major leadership change in 15 years.

The search comes after longtime CEO April Wehrs announced her resignation last week.

Angela Alessi, president of the Denham Springs con-

struction design firm Labarre Associates and owner of the boutique luxury travel company Heirloom Journeys, will lead the organization as it partners with Crossroads Professional Services to find a new chief executive. Alessi has sat on the chamber’s board of directors for the past four years.

“We are looking for a leader who embraces our mission, values strong relationships, believes in serving

our members first, and has the vision to help the chamber continue growing as one of the leading business organizations in Louisiana,” Board Chairman Alessi Ross Kinchen said in a release.

Under Wehrs, who started as CEO in 2011, the chamber’s annual revenue grew from $190,402 to more than $414,918, according to public records. Most of

the money has been reinvested into the organization and its projects.

Among the projects the chamber helped build under Wehrs’ leadership were three in Walker: the Challenger baseball field designed for people with disabilities, the First Responders Monument in Sidney Hutchinson Park and the Walker Disc Golf Park.

The search committee includes Alessi, David Hofstetter, Regina Scott, Steve McLin, Sybil Cotton, Todd Caruso and Trey Sanders.

They will work closely with Crossroads Professional Services to recruit and select the new CEO. The Chamber of Commerce is asking all interested candidates to contact Shannon Farris with Crossroads at shannon@crossroadcoach. com to be notified when the job post is available.

SCHOOL

Continued from page 1G home — complete with a new name, a new mascot and a new motto.

“The students are going to be amazed at the changes in not just the facility, but the culture, the level of pride and community engagement,” Principal Jeffrey Watts said.

The campus features a new gymnasium and modern classrooms; outlets run throughout the building, and water fountains sit at nearly every corner. Among the marquee additions is a dedicated room for computer science, engineering and STEM projects, called the maker space. In the labstyle space, students will assemble microchips, build Rube Goldberg chain reaction machines, work with 3D printers and even dissect sheep brains.

“I’m so excited for their environment to be able to reflect what they can achieve,” said Amber Harris, a seventh grade science teacher.

The new building marks the end of a bumpy opening chapter for Walker junior high students. Walker’s first middle school was created six years ago in response to the rapid growth within Livingston Parish. In 2020, amid the COVID pandemic, students who previously had been dispersed among other middle schools in the district were consolidated into the original Walker High School, which was built a century ago.

As the junior high population expanded, portable buildings were brought in to accommodate classes the aging campus could not hold.

The cafeteria was too small

The new cafeteria

The new gymnasium

to give all students a distinct “It’s a total 180 from what lunch period, so some stu- we had previously,” Watts dents had to take a break in said.

The new cafeteria — large the middle of class to leave enough to end split lunch pefor lunch and then return.

riods — is shared with neighboring South Fork Elementary, an arrangement Livingston Superintendent Jody Purvis said is an example of

Teacher Tina Fisher’s classroom

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There will be live music; a barbecue cook-off; car, truck and Jeep show; and other activities. For additional information, contact (225) 615-6637.

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Learn to be a poll commissioner

People interested in becoming an Election Day poll commissioner are invited to a New Commissioner class at 6 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Livingston Parish Courthouse, 20300 Government Blvd., Livingston. Sign-up is not necessary, just show up on Aug. 31.

This is only for people wanting to become a commissioner. Current commissioners do not have to attend.

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Community bond The junior high is just the latest development within

the Livingston Parish Public School System. Officials are currently reviewing bids to rebuild the original Walker High School, which will become a second junior high for Walker students. Elsewhere in the parish, Albany Middle School is in the process of building a new gym, three multipurpose buildings are planned for Live Oak, and Denham Springs High School’s STEM center has been tapped to add a new administrative and classroom building.

Leaders say South Fork Junior High will give students far more than just updated facilities.

While the parish system ranks among Louisiana’s top 10 performing school districts, Walker schools have historically trailed their parish counterparts.

Teachers said they hope the new campus will give students a greater sense of motivation and connection to their school. As members of the inaugural class, they will shoulder the responsibility of shaping the culture and legacy for the students who will follow.

“I’ve been teaching for 20 years, and this is a whole new experience,” said Tricia Franatovich, an English and language arts teacher.

“To be a part of it from the ground up, it makes you way more invested.”

The community seems to be embracing the new school. Nearly 90% of students turned out with their parents and siblings to attend the school’s orientation.

“Seeing them walk through the campus for the first time, it was special,” Watts said. “Just the smiles and looks of amazement and the wow factor.”

South Fork Junior High School in Walker

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Tables and chairs at the new South Fork Junior High School facility in Walker.

The board anticipates reviewing applicants this fall and selecting the chamber’s next CEO later this year.

“Our goal is not simply to fill a position,” Kinchen said.

The chamber is a private nonprofit made up of about 500 members, overwhelmingly small-business owners and their employees, Kinchen said. It advocates for local businesses and works alongside government to support their needs and projects.

Hungarian Festival plans underway Celebrate Hungarian heritage with a weekend of family fun, food, music and entertainment at Fayard Field in Springfield with traditional Hungarian dancing and entertainment Sept. 25-27.

The Hungarian Harvest Festival will include authentic Hungarian foods and pastries.

For more information, call (985) 9746883, (225) 278-3770 or email albanymagyars@gmail.com.

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Continued from page 1G When Davis is on the field, the fun starts after he makes a catch.

“I was just catching it and going,” Davis said last week.

“That’s really all I do – find the open hole, catch the ball and YAC. I’m a big YAC player, a lot of yards after the catch. That’s what makes me so successful.”

Davis’ record-breaking season last year got a boost in the third week, when he caught seven passes for 226 yards in a 55-28 win over Ponchatoula. The yardage was a school record, and

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helped set the pace for an Eagles offense that averaged 40 points per outing over its last eight games of the season.

Live Oak’s offense was able to get the ball to Davis often, in large part because of the play of quarterback Cayden Jones, who is now a preferred walk-on at LSU. The Eagles have yet to name a new starter, but Davis said the tempo and pace of the offense has been the same as last year.

“We’ve been picking up a lot in practice,” he said. “We have that same pace that we had last year, and I really think its going to be another great year.”

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Davis’ brother, Chris Davis Jr., is a freshman wide receiver at Grambling, one of the schools that has been recruiting him. He has also drawn interest from University of Louisiana-Lafayette, as well as the Air Force Academy.

For now, Davis is focused on Live Oak football. Another successful campaign might put him on the radar for additional suitors.

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PHOTO BY RICHARD MEEK

The cast and crew of ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ which was performed July 23-25 at Wholly Grounds in Walker.

SPOTLIGHT

Continued from page 1G Reynolds said “Dead Air,” a murder mystery written by local author and director Dinah Toups, is next on the schedule, and two radio plays, including “A Christmas Carol” at Old City Hall in Denham Springs that will coincide with Christmas in the Village, are scheduled in the upcoming months.

A busy schedule perhaps, but for Reynolds, it all part of Spotlight’s mission of making the performing arts relevant in Livingston Parish.

“Community theater gives the actors and performing artists a place to go and perform without having to go outside of our parish because we have our own theater in Livingston Parish,” Reynolds said. “It also gives the community somewhere to come and sit back and that was the intent when we started it, to bring performing arts to our parish, where people could stay and support our local people.”

She credits the theater’s success, including the impressive turnout for “Charlotte’s Web,” to the fact that families are gaining increasing knowledge of Spotlight Theatre and are impressed by the quality of the production as well as there are some many outstanding actors in Livingston Parish.

“I think that is what is increasing our numbers each (performance),” she said.

Reynolds prioritizes plays that are family-based, providing an outing for the entire family as well as exposing young people the arts. Reynolds said her daughter’s first participation onstage was at the age of five, playing a role in, ironically, “Charlotte’s Web.” Although now living in Florida, Reynolds’ daughter Miranda and now granddaughter are involved in theater.

“Miranda had never done anything like that, but since she has just intensified her love of the arts,” Reynolds said. “She grew up wanting to better herself, and watching other people in the arts scene helped her.”

Through the years Reynolds has heard numerous similar stories from

Charlotte, center, back row, and the Baby Spiders, from left, Nellie, Myla PROVIDED PHOTOS Thomas; Joy, Aydrie Meyers; and Aranea, Young Wilbur, portrayed by Landon Walden; Fern, played by Cierra Rider; and Sadie Sharp; take moment to clown Wilbur, played by Nathan Wells perform during ‘Charlotte’s Web’ July July 23-25 at around a bit at the performance of Wholly Grounds in Walker.

‘Charlotte’s Web.’

Homer Zuckerman, played by Lee Rider, with the help of Lurvey, played by Christian Rider, insist Wilbur take his medicine, sulfur and molasses during the performance of ‘Charlotte’s Web.’ parents, saying acting helped their own children surface hidden talents.

Reynolds said after attending the

production of “Charlotte’s Web” many parents inquired about the next play because their children want to be in-

volved.

“From that, we hope to be able to start doing something in the summer because we had such a positive response from all of the parents and the kids,” Reynolds said, recalling how years ago a summer camp was held.

Although she finds such positive feedback personally rewarding, she said a recent social media conversation with a grandparent helped reinforce the greater purpose. She said the grandparent related the story how at the end of “Charlotte’s Web,” her 3-year-old grandson leaned over and asked, ”Can we watch it again?”

“Something like that, you did good,” Reynolds said.

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$3 healthy meals offered by North Oaks Health Community news report North Oaks Medical Center and North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital are offering $3 health meals in their cafeterias to promote healthy eating.

With the Nourished by North Oaks Health initiative, the hospitals are promoting nutritionally balanced, chef-prepared meals at an affordable price.

“At North Oaks, we know good health starts with everyday choices, and healthy food should be within everyone’s reach,” Michele K. Sutton, FACHE, president and CEO of North Oaks Health, said. “That is why we are subsidizing the cost of every Nour-

ished by North Oaks Health meal to make nutritious food more affordable.

We are investing in the health of our workforce, patients, visitors to our hospitals and the communities we serve.”

The menu features nine rotating meals, with breakfast and lunch options available on weekdays and lunch on weekends. Every meal has at least 10 grams of protein, at least three grams of fiber and no trans-fat. Menus will rotate quarterly and initially include an everything bagel breakfast wrap, berry nut yogurt bowl, chicken Parmesan with vegetables and pasta, chimichurri beef and brown rice bowl, shrimp and peanut chili crisp noodle bowl, shawarma chicken bowl, grilled

Thai beef salad, fresh fruit Cobb salad, and a spring greens and grain bowl.

Each meal’s packaging includes a QR code linking to nutrition information and healthy living tips curated by registered dietitians, giving consumers practical resources to support healthier choices beyond the meal itself.

Nourished by North Oaks Health meals can be bought in the cafeterias for $3 at North Oaks Medical Center, located at 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive, and North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital, located at 1900 S. Morrison Blvd. in Hammond.

To learn more about nourished by North Oaks Health, visit northoaks. org/nourished.

North Oaks Pulmonology relocates within clinic building Community news report North Oaks Pulmonology has relocated within North Oaks Clinic Building 2 on the North Oaks Medical Center campus.

The practice remains in the same building and has moved from Suite 401A on the fourth floor to Suite 301 on the third floor.

North Oaks Clinic Building 2 is at 15813 Paul Vega MD Drive in Hammond.

Pulmonology providers include Drs. LaSandra Barton, Justin D. Fowlkes, Kristin Signater, Theepha Thaya and Arvind R. Yertha, along with nurse practitioners Lorris J. Bouzigard, Whitney Lashua, Jennifer Littell, Lori Mayers and Phillip Swanson.

To schedule an appointment with any of these providers, call (985) 230-2778.

For more information, call North Oaks Public Relations at (985) 230-6647 or visit northoaks.org.

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Robert Reynolds, of Denham Springs, displays two patches associated with New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, which offered employment to unemployed men during the Great Depression and resulted in numerous conservation projects. Reynolds spoke at the Edward Livingston Historical Association’s August meeting about a CCC camp that operated in Livingston Parish to plant trees on cut-over forest land in the area.

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Continued from page 1G The 10-acre site is now part of a larger Weyerhauser tract, and association members discussed the possibility of having a historical marker placed at the site.

After taking office in early 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a number of measures to lift the country out of the Depression, including the conservation corps.

Reynolds said he was surprised at the speed in which the agency took shape.

The president proposed the corps in March 1933, issued an executive order in April and by July, 1,463 camps were operating, he said.

“The mobilization was amazing,” he said.

In a report to the Denham Springs News in June 1933, two men assigned to the Livingston Parish camp reported that it was under construction, and the newspaper later reported that the dedication was scheduled for Aug. 27, 1933.

The CCC was organized to give young jobless men an opportunity to earn a paycheck by working on reforestation, erosion control, forest fire management and other conservation projects.

U.S. Army officers and enlisted men were assigned to run the camps, which may have helped with the fast pace of mobilization.

Although the Livingston Parish Police Jury named the camp after Sharp, the CCC had its own system for keeping track of the units.

The local camp was first called Camp P-54, with the P designating it as working on private woodlands.

Other units were designated as F for working on U.S. Forest Service land, SP for state parks, SCS for Soil Conservation Service projects, A for Army, as well as others.

In April 1934, the News reported that P-54 would be closing in the next month, with its men and equipment merging with a unit in Biloxi, Mississippi, that worked on U.S. Forest Service land.

The article said no reason was given for closing

the camp, except that the Army had to eliminate two camps in Louisiana.

But the camp came to life again, as a new group of enlistees and cadre moved in to form camp P-71, which Reynolds said operated until 1939. Andrews said the last lease for the property ended on June 30, 1939.

The Corps offered work to unemployed, unmarried men from families on government relief, ages 18-25.

A portion of each volunteer’s salary had to be sent home to a dependent.

The main conservation project in Livingston Parish was planting trees in cutover forest lands, but the men also built roads, fire breaks and were available for fighting forest fires.

Some rural roads in the Florida Parishes are locally called “CC roads,” a shortened throwback to their origins.

Reynolds said his grandfather’s records show that he joined the Corps in north Louisiana and later transferred closer to home at Camp Sharp. The records even noted that Simpson was absent without leave for two days in August 1935 and eventually left the unit by obtaining “gainful employment.”

After the country entered World War II, the need for a jobs program waned, and the Corps was ended in on June 30, 1942, Reynolds said.

Reynolds wore a blue denim outfit that he said was typical for a CCC worker, including a hat with a wide, round brim similar to those worn by lower-ranking Army soldiers of the period. He also displayed an assortment of items that workers would have been issued, including a wooden footlocker and a two-quart canteen.

He said Roosevelt modeled the Corps on a similar, state-run program he oversaw as governor of New York.

He also shared research that showed many Americans who would become household names in later years were CCC members, including actors Robert Mitchum and Raymond Burr, World War I hero Alvin York, baseball’s Stan Musial, boxer Archie Moore, country music entertainer “String Bean,” and test pilot Chuck Yeager.

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North Oaks Pulmonology has relocated within North Oaks Clinic Building 2 on the North Oaks Medical Center campus from Suite 401A on the fourth floor to Suite 301 on the third floor.

Sunshine Ladies visit Tangi Humane Society Community news report On July 6, the Sunshine Ladies presented donations to Tangi Humane Society Members donated bagged and canned dog pet food and snacks, as well as cleaning products and laundry detergent. In addition, we sheets, towels and blankets for bathing and bedding for the animals housed were presented.

“We also donated a check designated to help with veterinarian bills, an ongoing necessity,” a news release said.

The Tangi Humane Society’s main PROVIDED PHOTO priority is rescuing animals who are Gathering, from left, Cora Dessele; Sunshine Ladies President Ann Bourliea; victims of neglect, cruelty or abuse. To donate to or volunteer with the Tangi Randy Stegall, founder and manager of the Tangi Humane Society; Sheila Humane Society, visit https://www. Gagliano, and Gayle Riché. tangihumanesociety.org.

Sunshine Ladies is a branch of Tan- Community, an all-volunteer arm of more information, email abourliea79@ gipahoa Volunteers For Family And LSU Ag Center Extension Service. For gmail.com.

North Oaks Neurology Clinic

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