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SPAR releases 2013 summer events, programs and pool schedule

SPAR releases 2013 summer events, programs and pool schedule

SPECIAL EVENTS

EVENT: Movies and Moonbeams
DATES: April – October; 1st and 3rd Friday night monthly
TIME(S): TBA
WHERE: Sites vary each 1st and 3rd Friday night
CONTACT: SPAR Event Services at 318.673.5100
GENERAL INFORMATION: Come on out and watch a movie shown on an inflatable movie screen. The event is free and open to everyone. Bring a blanket, lawn chair, snacks and have fun with your family. Go to www.mySPAR.org  for schedule up to date movie information.

Goodwill Industries to host job fair to fill 80 positions

Goodwill Industries to host job fair to fill 80 positions

Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana has 80 jobs to fill for a local employer and will hold a job fair in search of applicants.

Goodwill's job fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, and Thursday, April 11, at the 70th Street Job Center at 800 West 70th Street, Shreveport.

Holiday in Dixie to host first BBQ cook-off

Holiday in Dixie to host first BBQ cook-off

The Holiday in Dixie Ambassadors Club will host the inaugural Holiday in Dixie BBQ Cook-Off from 3 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 in the riverfront area of Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport.

Admission is $10 and includes three BBQ sample tickets. Additional sample tickets may be purchased for $1. Proceeds raised at the event will benefit the Holiday in Dixie Senior Essay Scholarship for Caddo and Bossier Parish students.

Early voting begins Saturday for April 6 election

Early voting begins Saturday for April 6 election

Secretary of State Tom Schedler is encouraging all Louisianians eligible to vote in the April 6 primary election to consider voting early starting this Saturday. Early voting begins Saturday, March 23rd and continues through Saturday, March 30. The polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, excluding Good Friday (March 29) and Easter Sunday (March 31).

Blue Cliff College to host blood drive for Joyce Bowman

Blue Cliff College to host blood drive for Joyce Bowman

Blue Cliff College will host a blood drive in honor of Caddo Commissioner Joyce Bowman from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at the college's parking lot at 8731 Park Plaza Drive, Shreveport.

The college also will present Joyce with a 'Community Service Award' and name their Business Library after her.

'Car museum' building is downtown Shreveport's newest office space

'Car museum' building is downtown Shreveport's newest office space

A building constructed in the early part of the Twentieth Century that has sat vacant for more than a decade is back in business as downtown’s newest professional office/event space. In addition, the newly-completed rehabilitation at 601 Spring Street has been nominated for a Louisiana Heritage Award for preservation of an important historic and architecturally-significant building.

Once known as the ‘car museum’, the George T. Bishop Building (so named by Mr. Bishop himself in 1925) is now the home to Prevot Design Services APAC, a full-service architecture, planning and interior design firm and 601 Spring, an event center.

Shreveport Farmers' Market to hold annual meeting

Shreveport Farmers' Market to hold annual meeting

The annual Organizational Meeting of Shreveport Farmers’ Market will be held on Wednesday, March, 20 for vendors who wish to sell in the market for the summer season. 

Interested parties may attend meetings at either 9 a.m. or 6 p.m. at 101 Crockett St, Suite B, in Festival Plaza. Policies, operation, procedures, and changes for 2013 will be discussed.