DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TP TO SURVIVE QUARANTINE?

Earlier this month when news first broke of quarantines in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, folks started flocking to stores to stock on essentials.One essential in particular flew off shelves in mass quantities, leaving some scratching the heads and unable to wipe their hineys.

SHREVEPORT’S CYBER-CITY HALL

With social distancing and self isolation the new normal, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, everyday business is being handled more and more online, even within Shreveport’s City Hall.

CHANGES AHEAD FOR CITY OF SHREVEPORT  PARKS AND ASSEMBLIES (SPAR)?

The city of Shreveport is losing substantial sales taxes revenues as a result of the COVID-19 virus. Businesses have shut down and those that are open have less volume of sales. Many who have lost their jobs have less money to spend. Casino sales tax revenues have evaporated.

16 PAGES OF POSITIVE NEWS—FOR FREE

This week’s FOCUS SB is all positive news! Flip the paper over, and The Inquisitor is 16 pages of crime For a free copy mailed to you, email kathy@jesettle.com with your name and address

VIRTUAL INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE

Mayor Adrian Perkins will host a virtual interfaith prayer service Thursday, April 2, 2020 on Facebook Live at 7 PM. Faith leaders from various traditions will offer words of encouragement and prayers of healing for Shreveport during this difficult time.

FOCUS ON SPORTS

BY: COLVIN ROBERSONSports Nostalgia: Shreveport CaptainsI can still smell the burgers being cooked on the grill in the Beer Garden.

PREPARED, WERE WE?

BY: JON GLOVER CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTIn 2005, Hurricane Katrina upset the applecart. With her fierce winds and rains, Katrina’s impact was phenomenon. One hundred thousand students or more felt her wrath.

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES DURING ‘CORONA PAUSE’

FOCUS SB sent out emails to our readers asking what their favorite activities were since the arrival of the “corona pause.”Our readers have submitted the following past time activities:♦ Watch birds at bird feeder♦ Cleaning closets, drawers and cabinets ... a longoverdue project.

FOCUS ON FARMING - BY JACK DILLARD

As this is being written last Tuesday as the sun sets, our Ark-La – Tex has enjoyed a day of sunshine and has the hope for more days as we move into the month of April.Early planted gardens (vegetable) are off to an excellent start.

DEAR GABBY — WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASS ASSIGNMENT, 17 CENTS AND A CARLOAD OF KIDS?

Dear Gabby,My son attends high school and the business teacher assigned a report, “Restructuring America.” The teacher divided the students into groups of seven and threw in one courageous parent per group to assist.

PASTORS, LAYMEN LAUNCH CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST NETWORK

A significant number of pastors and laymen, motivated by a passionate desire to keep the Southern Baptist Convention anchored to the inerrancy and sufficiency of God’s Word, have formed the Conservative Baptist Network.Last month, the Rev.

CHURCHES SHOULD FOLLOW 10 PERSON RULE

Attendance all local churches and other houses of worship is important to everyone’s religious faith.   And so is compliance with public safety mandates from elected officials.Governor John Bel Edwards has issued several public emergency proclamations concerning the deadly COVID-19.

30-SECOND READ: HOARDING NUTS

BY: JEFF GAUGERI Life teaches hard lessons. Here are some I’ve learned.Never argue with a teenager. They already know everything.Don’t buy a car with white cloth seats. Drops of coffee, soda and ketchup are drawn to them like bugs to a windshield.Never complain to your spouse about her snoring.

BOSSIER SCHOOL HELPS LOCAL HEALTH-CARE COMMUNITY

An idea from a Benton High School graduate who now works for Willis-Knighton Health System led to Bossier Schools heeding the call to equip health-care workers with much-needed personal protective equipment as they fight the coronavirus.

DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT KICKS OFF A SALUTE OF DAILY GOOD DEEDS

 Press ReleaseFriday, March 27, 2020Contact: Liz Swaine, 318-455-2593Downtown Shreveport Kicks Off a Salute of Daily Good Deeds(And there are so many from which to choose!) The news is dominated right now by lots of bad- virus fears, business closings, job losses.