Happenings

Edna’s Cooking “Home of the Breakfast Bowl”

Serving southern style hot breakfast and lunch daily: Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM. Saturday, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM. All plates come with coffee or fountain drink. Great food! Great service at reasonable prices. Three Monroe locations: Now Save #1 4399, Hwy 165 South, 318-737-7873; Tiger Market Café, 1800 Forsythe Ave, Suite 1, 318-325-4000; Now Save # 5, Hwy 165 South and Hadley St. Ms. Edna and Staff ~ Serving up LOVE every day! Edna’s Cooking features $5.99 breakfast and coffee, $8.99 lunch & drink waiting for you. Edna’ Fried Chicken is the best in town! Get Some!

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Volleyball Night

E.P Robinson Community Center in Monroe LA Thursdays All ages from 5 to 7pm. More info contact Ms. Brown 318-329-3238

Radio Advertising

Call Art Edwards 318 680.1691 or 318.388.2323 and forget the fancy title Art sells radio advertisement.

Happy Birthday

Still around thanking God for another chance and blessed by His Amazing Grace and Mercy again still hanging! Happy Birthday to you all! Thursday, August 18: Stephanie Arvie Cedric Tanzy, and ; Saturday, August 20: LaRonda Dixon, Chris Jones, the lovely Helen Bias, Helen Drumgole, Rosemary Osborne, Otis Chisley, Augustine Moorehead and Dr. Ice; Sunday, August 21: Kaniyah Burrell, Charlotte Lee, Jerry Freemont, and Charley Roggerson; Monday, August 22: Joyrionna Tillman, Yllanif Williams, and Eartha James; Tuesday, August 23: Aniya Iseah, L.T. Wilson and Dorothy McClendon. Wednesday August 24; Golden girl Irma Hunter. Tell em’ you read it in the Monroe Dispatch. Happy birthday to you all!

Shawnuff BBQ Best in Town

Have you tried the best BBQ in town? Why are you waiting? If it’s not Shawnuff, there’s a difference! You be the judge! BBQ so good you don’t have to say grace, its already blessed! There are 3 sides to every plate: beans, potato salad and slaw, your choice. Right off I-20 and Hwy 165 South. Shawnuff BBQ is here to serve you Tuesday - Friday. New hours 11:00 AM – until all the food is gone. On Saturday, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Get there early to enjoy lip-smacking BBQ and kool-aid. Call ahead, 318-855-3652. Events catered, and smoked or fried turkeys or hams for the holidays!

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

800-273-TALK (8255) or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org

No Struggle, No Progress”

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NOVA 6th Annual Luncheon Community Update

NOVA 6th Annual Luncheon Community Update is Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 11:30 A.M. at the Monroe Civic Center in the B.D. Robinson Conference Room in Monroe, LA For more information, please contact NOVA at [email protected] or (318) 855-1923. Sponsorship information, please contact Paul E. West at (318) 884-3599.

Bonnie’s Hats & Whatever

New church and casual hats. Check out Bonnie’s Hats for latest styles. See Bonnie first for the best Hats in town Bonnie is the hat professional and expert. Bonnie knows hats! . See Ad Display or call 318.614.1578.

Vehicle Repairs EasyDoesIt

Got an old vehicle or about to buy a used vehicle, you’ll need good honest mechanics. Trust the best EasyDoes It Auto Care Center at 675 Kansas Lane in Monroe LA because they do great guaranteed work. They know how to fix and repair vehicles in a timely and reasonable manner. Stop letting you know who, get cha making you pay crazy dollars that you don’t have, unless you got it like that! Call Easy or Rocky at 318-331-5524, you’ll be glad you did! See ad display!

16th Annual Golf Tournament

Monroe Chamber & Progressive Bank presents a Golf Tournament 4-man Scramble on

Friday, September 16, 2022 – Frenchman’s Bend Sponsorships Available! Don’t play golf? You can still help! We need the following: * Door prizes * Gift Certificates * Hole Sponsors * Food/Drink/Games on the course Great ways to promote your business, receive exposure and support the event!!

"Race a Huge Deal”

"A white girl or a white woman who is taken captive or arrested or something like that elicits tons of sympathy from the American public in a way that women and girls of color do not,"

HBCU Celebration Game Weekend

August 26-28, 2022 UNC vs FAMU Game Career Fest UNC Chapel Hill Campus-Great Hall Chapel Hill NC

Demographic Characteristics

Openly gay, and is gender nonconforming, not traditionally feminine — all these work against public sympathy.

JB’s Lawn Service

Dependable, reliable and reasonable lawn service, trimming hedges, flower beds cleaned, tree trimming, fence row cleaning, trust the best, JB’s Lawn Service call 318-537-9136

Rob Lloyd’s Smooth Jazz

Rob Lloyd has been involved in jazz over 4 decades and is a regular reporter to SMOOTHJAZZ.COM...also check out his smooth jazz show (Smooth & Tight on a Sunday night 6pm) Check Rob out on TCRN Smooth Jazz on your Smartphone, Tablet or computer