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 #8 Winnsboro Rd., Now Save # 5, Hwy 165 South and Hadley St. Ms. Edna and Staff ~ Serving up LOVE every day! Edna’s Cooking features $6.99 breakfast and coffee, $9.99 lunch and drink waiting for you. Edna’s Fried Chicken is the best in town! Get Some

Cedric’s Smoked Meat and BBQ

Specialize in BBQ ribs, chicken, turkey legs, brisket, sausage and boudin. Catering available Thursday - Sunday, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 1311 Winnsboro Rd., Monroe, LA 71202. For orders call, 318-801-1052.

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 17: Stephanie Arvie Cedric Tanzy, and ; Sunday, August 20: LaRonda Dixon, Chris Jones, the lovely Helen Bias, Helen Drumgole, Rosemary Osborne, Otis Chisley, Augustine Moorehead and Dr. Ice; Monday, August 21: Kaniyah Burrell, Charlotte Lee, Jerry Freemont, and Charley Roggerson; Tuesday, August 22: Joyrionna Tillman, Yllanif Williams, and Eartha James; Wednesday, August 23: Aniya Iseah, L.T. Wilson and Dorothy McClendon. Thursday August 24; Golden girl Irma Hunter. Tell em’ you read it in the Monroe Dispatch. Happy birthday to you all!

Monroe Dispatch North

Northside Monroe Dispatch Convenience is at Kyles Postal Print. Pick up your Monroe Dispatch Newspaper at 2328 Sterlington Rd. in Monroe LA (Geneva Plaza) call ahead 318.816.4185 pull up to our door we’ll bring newspaper to vehicle.

Radio Advertising

Call Art Edwards 318-680-1691 or 318-388-2323 and forget the fancy title Art sells radio advertisement

Safety in U.S. Shakey

A pistol rigged with a small and illegal device known as a switch can transform semi-automatic handguns, which typically require a trigger pull for each shot, into fully automatic machine guns that fire dozens of bullets with one tug. No one is safe in America, need another reason to vote or why voting is important. If you don’t know Jesus its time before its too late!

Dangerous U.S.

Contact Monroe Dispatch

Got news, been somewhere, or need to tell the world something important? Call the Monroe Dispatch! Subscriptions /advertising/ religious log/ old newspaper copies: call or text 318-789-0098 or 318-387-3001; email [email protected].; mail - Monroe Dispatch, P.O. Box 4823, Monroe, LA 71211. 1 year subscriptions - $60, 6 months subscriptions - $42; home delivery, 1 year - $90,.

Happy Acres Yard Cards

Celebrate your special event with Happy Acres Yard Cards for birthdays, retirements, anniversaries, baby showers, any occasion. Happy Acres is the best yard card service in NELA. Give them a call at 318-732-2602, you’ll be glad you did! See ad display on page 2.

Bonnie’s Hats & Whatever

Mother’s Hats-Senior Discount-For new church and casual hats, check out Bonnie’s Hats for the 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.

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!

Vehicle Repairs EasyDoesIt

A/C on blink, need a car motor, EasyDoesIt can get you straight with the quickness! Got an old vehicle or about to buy a tax car used vehicle? You’ll need good honest mechanics. Trust the best EasyDoesIt Auto Care Center at 675 Kansas Lane in Monroe, LA because they do great guaranteed work. A/C trippping? EasyDoesIt can get you cool in a flash! 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!

Rob Lloyd’s Smooth Jazz

Rob Lloyd has been involved in jazz over 4 decades and is a regular reporter to smoothjazz.com.