• The Richland Parish Spelling Bee will be held at 6 p.m. June 16 at the Rayville Arts Center.
• American Legion Post 122 will meet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 16, at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 834 Louisa St., Rayville.
• The Mangham MLK Society will host its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration at 6 p.m. Jan. 18 at St. Matthew Baptist Church, Hwy 132, Mangham. Guest speaker will be District Attorney John Belton of Lincoln Parish.
• The LSU AgCenter will host a Statewide Seed Swap starting at 9 a.m. on Feb. 8 at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum in Longleaf, with special guest and author John Coykendall from the PBS special Deeply Rooted. If you would like to be a vendor, please contact Kerry Heafner at kheafner@ lsu.edu.
• Anyone needing help applying for food stamps, simplified reports, or redeterminations online, please contact Jerllisa Elzy at 318-237-7764 or the Food Bank at 318-3223567 to get help or more information.
• The Richland Parish Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Richland Parish Library.
• The Richland Parish Police Jury meets at 6 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Richland Police Jury Annex Building, 35 Lynn Gayle Robertson Road, Rayville.
• The Richland Parish School Board meets at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Richland Parish School Board located at 411 Foster Street, Rayville.
• The Delhi Town Council meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Delhi Town Hall.
• The Rayville Town Council meets at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month.
• The Mangham Town Council meets at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Mangham Town Hall.
• Food for Families,
along with the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Offi ce, will deliver boxes of commodities from 8-10 a.m. the third Friday of every month at the Buckner substation. You must be 60 years or older. Please bring proof of income and ID to sign up. If you have any questions, please call 728-2071.
