Parkway cross country, basketball to host fun run

The Parkway High School cross-country and girls basketball teams are asking the community to help them go the distance in raising awareness for childhood cancer and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The “Going the Distance” 24-hour fun run will begin Friday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. during the Parkway football game against Captain Shreve. A selected group of individuals will begin the run and the track will be open to the public after the game until 7 p.m. on Saturday. A concert and check presentation will conclude the event and all proceeds will be sent to St. Jude on Monday.

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If the August heat seemed exceptionally unbearable this year, even by Louisiana standards, there’s a good reason why.

“August 2010 was the hottest August on record,” said Nick Fillo, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Shreveport. “We trumped the previous record, which was set back in 1951.”

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While the majority of the members of the Webster Parish School Board were unopposed in the upcoming October 2 election, voters in four of the districts will have to go to the polls.

District 1, in the northern-most part of the parish, is one of those areas.

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With fall fast approaching, and use of the Day Use Area at Caney Lakes begining to decrease, the USDA Forest Service, Caney Ranger District, look toward closure for the season.

“This time of year, the use dramatically decreases, making year-long maintenance impracticial,” said Jim Caldwell, public affairs officer.

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