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THIS WEEK IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to secure your 2023 tickets at the lowest price possible for the Natchitoches Jazz/R&B Festival on May 12th & 13th

The Early Bird sale ends March 31st at 11:59 pm!

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VIP ticket buyers will be entered into an exclusive VIP Giveaway to be announced! STAY TUNED!

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Randie Rae Pierce 
Sunday 09/21/1947  — Saturday 02/25/2023     
Family Gathering: Friday 03/10/2023 2:00pm to 3:00pm at King’s Funeral Home 
Visitation: Friday 03/10/2023 3:00pm to 5:00pm at King’s Funeral Home 
Celebration of Life: Saturday 03/11/2023 1:00pm at: St. Peter Baptist Church, 899 St. Peter Road, Ruston
Interment: Saturday 03/11/2023 Following Service, St. Peter Church Cemetery, St. Peter Road, Ruston 

Willie J. Washington 
Thursday 01/24/1929 — Sunday 02/26/2023   
Family Gathering: Friday 03/10/2023 2:00pm at King’s Funeral Home 
Visitation: Friday 03/10/2023 3:00pm to 5:00pm at King’s Funeral Home 
Celebration of Life: Saturday 03/11/2023 11:00am, Macedonia Baptist Church #2, 489 E Sibley Rd, Choudrant 
Interment: Saturday 03/11/2023 Following Service, Macedonia # 2 Church Cemetery, Sibley Road, Choudrant  

Kenneth Strozier 
September 19, 1950 – March 2, 2023 
Services pending  

Laura Mitchell Ogden 
January 22, 1938 – February 28, 2023 
Visitation: Sunday, March 5, 2023: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home 
Graveside Service: Sunday, March 5, 2023 3:30 PM, Friendship Cemetery, Hopewell Rd, Shuler, Arkansas 

RFM marketing coordinator Ashley Peters talks about events coming up at the farmers market.

In this podcast, the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts Karl Puljak joins Kyle Roberts to talk his new role at Louisiana Tech University.

Former Cedar Creek multi-sport star and current Lady Techster Anna Larr Roberson talks about her journey to college basketball and what it’s like playing before the hometown fans.

LPJ writer Scott Boatright talks with Lincoln Prep head coach Glen Hall to recap last week’s game and preview this week’s matchup.

Cedar Creek coach Matt Middelton talks about the Cougars season opener last Thursday, this week’s contest at Vidalia, and even talks about the JV and middle school wins earlier this week.

Cedar Creek will kickoff Friday at 7 p.m. at Vidalia. The contest can be heard on 101.9 FM with Kevin Bayles and Scott Hill providing a call of the game.

On This Week in the LPJ, Malcolm Butler talks to Bulldog head coach Sonny Cumbie about his two sons, Hays and Grey, the best play of his college career (and the throw he wishes he had back), as well as how involved he will be in the offensive play-calling for the Bulldogs this fall.

LPJ writer Scott Boatright caught up with Lincoln Prep head coach Glen Hall to talk about the Panthers fall practice and playing Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Bayou Jamb at Joe Aillet Stadium.

Participation is very simple. Just click on this link below.

CLICK HERE: WEEK 1

JOURNAL STAFF

Are you ready for some football?!?

Starting in September, the Lincoln Parish Journal will hold the Karl Malone Toyota NFL Pick’em Contest presented by 511 and Black Rifle Coffee.

Anyone is eligible to participate and each weekly winner will go home with a $100 cash prize as well as a $50 gift card to one of our many local advertisers. 

Each week the winner will be the participant with the best record out of 10 selected NFL games (ties will be broken by two separate tiebreakers consisting of guessing the total points scored in two of our weekly contests).

Our contest will be conducted for all 18 weeks of the NFL regular season. There is no entry fee, just like there is no cost to subscribe to the Lincoln Parish Journal. 

It takes 20-30 seconds to sign up and not much longer than that to make your picks.

Entries are open now for the first week’s contest picking the winners from NFL Week 1 (Sept. 11). The entries will remain open until 4 p.m. each Friday leading up to that weekend’s games.

One person will win each week’s $100 cash prize plus the $50 gift card, to be announced in the Journal early the following week as the subsequent Pick’em Contest launches.

All contest decisions by LPJ management are final. Weekly winners will be notified Sunday night and are required to take a photo at Karl Malone Toyota that will run in the following week’s LPJ.

Every participant will receive a FREE subscription to the Journal, if you’re not already signed up for the easily-navigated, convenient 6:55 a.m. daily e-mail.

Enjoy it all, for FREE, and enter each week’s contest. You could collect $100 plus a $50 gift card each week!

Katey Parnell with the Court Appointed Special Advocates sits down and talks with LPJ about the importance of CASA in a community and how volunteers can get involved.

The Lincoln Parish Journal caught up with Lincoln Parish Police Jury Administrator Doug Postel this week and talked about ambulances, animal shelters and internal projects.

AS AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER, YOU WILL: 

• Identify opportunities to introduce flow and visual management into processes and work alongside area leadership to implement 
• Utilize process mapping, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis 
• Capture manufacturing cycle time data in the production department, develop improvement plans, and execute action plans 
• Create, review, and update standard work 
• Maintain plant and workstation layouts to reflect the current state and to provide potential future state options to project leaders and management 
• Lead improvement activity by facilitating kaizen events or acting as a project resource 
• Develop area leadership through lean daily management process 
• Train new employees on continuous improvement concepts in Orientation and in other settings 

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: 

• BS degree in engineering, manufacturing, or equivalent degree and a minimum of two years’ experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in manufacturing identifying opportunities for the efficiency of manufacturing processes and operations  
• Experienced in lean manufacturing principles 
• Project management experience 
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD 2D for managing plant layouts 
• Analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent communication skills 

If qualified and interested, please apply online at www.emerson.com 

BENEFITS: 

We offer medical insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more. We also provide you flexible time-off plans, including parental leave, vacation, and holiday leave.  

disability or protected veteran status.  

Equal Opportunity Employer 
Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, , disability or protected veteran status.

AS A TEAM LEADER, YOU WILL: 

• Supervise utilizing strong interpersonal skills 
• Use technical knowledge of manufacturing processes, as applies to such supervision 
• Utilize computer skills to facilitate processes and software used 
• Pursue objectives with organizational skills to meet goals 
• Work with personnel at all levels of the organization 

REQUIRED EDUCTION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: 

• Two (2) year Associates Degree, plus one year of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Excellent communication skills; both oral and written 
• Great computer skills (Excel and Word) 

Benefits 

We offer medical insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more. We also provide flexible time-off plans, including parental leave, vacation, and holiday leave. 

Shift is 11:00 p.m. until 7:30 a.m.  Overtime requirements are based on customer needs to meet business objectives.

If qualified and interested, please apply online at www.emerson.com 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.  

Co-publisher Judith Roberts talked with new library director Jeremy Bolom about what information he gleaned from the state library conference and positive additions coming to the Lincoln Parish Library.

Matt Middleton led Cedar Creek to the Division IV playoffs last year in his first season with the Cougars. After leaving for Southern Arkansas University in January, Middleton has returned to the Creek once again. Hear him talk about the decision to leave, the decision to return and a host of other Cougars topics.

LPJ co-publishers Malcolm Butler and Judith Roberts discuss how the publication has grown, some future details, and how the community stays involved in their writing.

Director Dee Alexander and actors Johnathan Baines (playing Mr. Banks) and Rebecca Bordelon (playing Mary Poppins) talk about what goes into creating a Ruston Community Theatre production and what makes “Mary Poppins” unique.

Ruston City Councilwoman Angela Mayfield and Springs’ pastor George Lee discuss Ruston’s second Juneteenth celebration this Saturday at Railroad Park.