Barbara WaltonMarch 3, 2011 It is beginning to look a lot like spring in the Village of Spearsville! Spring bulbs of all colors - yellow, white and lavender - Bradford Pears, Redbuds, and fruit trees have all burst into beautiful blooms. Bob Shoemaker, our mayor, lives next door to me and he has a yard … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Barbara Walton
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonFebruary 24, 2011 WOW!! What about this Louisiana weather? -18 degrees a week ago and we were complaining about having Cabin Fever; this week has been just perfect. What a wonderful God we serve!! Even the bluebirds have been out scouting around for a home for their new families. Four were fighting over the … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonFebruary 17, 2011 If you searched last week's Banner and failed to find this article, there is a good reason that no article appeared - nothing was happening in Spearsville. We had all hibernated until the weather cleared. The events of the week could be summed up in a few words: eating, sleeping, watching/feeding … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJanuary 27, 2011 Brrrrr!!! It has been cold in our little Village of Spearsville with the sun so seldom seen that we hardly recognized it Saturday and Sunday; however, we have little to complain about when we see pictures of the Northeast. My granddaughter, Helen, is in college in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and the … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJanuary 6, 2011 There have been lots of happening in the Little Village of Spearsville since the last time we chatted. By now all of the people in my circle have added not only children but grandchildren who have married and have children of their own; therefore, it is not easy to get everybody … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonDecember 9, 2010 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere we go. People have been busy dragging out all the decorations and trees from the closets and attics. Some of us cannot remember exactly where we put everything that must go up. With all the attacks on the traditions that we hold … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonDecember 16, 2010 Christmas is in full swing; the only thing left to do is finish the shopping, do the baking and some of us still are in the process of getting our cards out, it'll all get done -- it always does. Danny Manning is always going to have a special Christmas for … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonNovember 18, 2010 Spearsville is ordinarily a very uneventful place but it seems more so than usual; however, the Clements did have guests over the week end -- cousins for New Iberia. Her sister, Tracy Daigretont from Delaware, has come for an extended visit. It will be so good for Denise to have family … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonNovember 11, 2010 Over the past two weeks, God has been in the business of creating a miracle in this little sliver of the world we call home. With a stroke of His hand, He painted our sky a beautiful blue with large, white, puffy clouds. The trees, then, dressed in orange, yellow and … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 28, 2010 Our Fall has just been beautiful -- just right for play, as well, as doing all those outside jobs we have been putting off. God has provided us with all that we need; a wonderful rain, last Tuesday and even the little things like this wonderful pine straw so that our … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 21, 2010 Our weather has just been picture perfect (except for lack of rain). These cool crisp mornings just make me want to crawl back in bed with a good cup of coffee and watch the morning news. Retirement is great and usually I do just that - except on Monday when I … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 14, 2010 This weekend has been a blast! I can't remember when this many things were happening in this Little Village of Spearsville. I don't really know where to start so I will just dive in, not in sequence or prioritized. We spent the first of the week tending to all those last … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonOctober 07, 2010 Fall is definitely in the air!! These cool crisp nights and 80 degrees days are really refreshing after the sweltering weather of the past month or so; now if we could just get a good rain to help those turnip and mustard seed come up that John Rhodes, Wilbur Upshaw and … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 30, 2010 For the past two weeks I have had computer problems - couldn't attach the article and Danielle couldn't open when it did attach. When I did get it to attach and she could read it she got it nine times - that was so funny. I am hoping today everything has … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 23, 2010 "Fires" has been the operative word in Spearsville this week. It seems that every few days I am hearing the sirens and seeing our brave volunteers head out to yet, another fire. The first of the week a controlled burn on a cutover on the Firetower Rd. started up again after … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonSeptember 16, 2010 Saturday, September 11, 2010, was a day for remembering throughout our Nation. We, in the Little Village of Spearsville, were watching and listening to those moments when our country was so viciously attacked by a radical group who truly believe they are fulfilling the will of their God "Allah" for we … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 26, 2010 The little Village of Spearsville has certainly been in the throes of Summer - some call August the "Dog Days of Summer". Whatever you call it, it has certainly been an experience and very trying; especially for those who have to work outside. The 1.6 inch of rain last night helped, … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 19, 2010 School started last Friday!!! This is going to be a very different beginning from any that we have ever experience before; out high school students will be attending FHS and seniors will not be graduating from Spearsville for the first time since 1923. (My dad was in that 1st graduating class … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 13, 2010 Ever week I start off with a weather report, but it is just hard for me to believe that the temperature has been above 100 for so many days with the heat index being 110 - 115 on most days. When I step outside the heat is so oppressive that I … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonAugust 5, 2010 Since the weather has been reaching triple digits and the heat index hovering between 105 and 115 (according) to my computer), there has been little activity in the Little Village of Spearsville over the past week. Not many will venture out, except my friends Bonnie & John Rhodes. She mowed grass … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 29, 2010 Our kids from Camp Creek, Mt. Union, Canaan, and Spearsville enjoyed Vacation Bible School last week. The younger children came to Spearsville and the older ones went to Mt. Union. I understood Brother James to say that we had forty-two attending at Spearsville not counting the workers. Needless to say, it … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 15, 2010 Right off the bat I want to retract the erroneous information I reported last week and apologize to Danny Manning and his mother, Joyce. Danny was only on a pass from HealthSouth Rehad for the day so that he might attend his church and hear a new minister that was conducting … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 8, 2010 Returning on Saturday from a mission trip to Gatlinburg, Tn., were a bunch of tired but happy Spearsville kids and chaperones. They had a blast and are ready to do it again if given a chance. Our youth were: Justin Green, Tyler Lawson, Layne Lawson, Jackson Mason, Reese Barron, Dylan Horton, … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJuly 1, 2010 My mind is almost blank right now but maybe it will improve as I go along. It seems that not much has been happening due to this terrible heat wave that we are experiencing; watching our grass, gardens and flowers die due to lack of rain. We continue to pray that … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJune 24, 2010 Sunday, Father's Day, was a very special day in our church as it was throughout this nation. The dads were asked to stand, with the youngest, Josh Rockett, and the oldest, Clyde Barron, recognized. Then our new babies, Chandler Cash and Landon Connor, were presented, by their parents, Lauren Hunt, Lynsay … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJune 17, 2010 This has been a week of ups and downs for our community, state and nation. Not a day goes by that we are not glued to our TV thinking of the oil spill in the gulf and what it is doing to our wet-lands, the animal & plant life & the … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJune 10, 2010 Summer is upon us with beautiful 90+ sunshiny days. It is wonderful to get out and dig in the fence garden and flowers early each morning. This morning I made my usual round in the yard with a cup of coffee and then had to just drag myself back to the … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonJune 3, 2010 Today, Memorial Day, is a very special day that has was set aside to honor our fallen heroes who paid the ultimate price that we might enjoy all the freedoms that our founders envisioned for this great nation. It was first established right after the Civil War when President Lincoln was … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonMay 27, 2010 This Week has been a bit slower for the Village of Spearsville and "thank goodness" for as we get older our life takes on a, much needed, slower pace-even had time to just sit back and watch that beautiful rain and our yards/gardens turn green once more. It is amazing what … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
Spearsville Happenings
Barbara WaltonMay 20, 2010 WOW!! This week has been a whirlwind of activities/events for the Village of Spearsville. For nine months we have been waiting for two new members of our church family/extended church family; Brooks Ann Leonard arrived on Wednesday; Jennifer and Stanley Leonard, the proud grandparents, are keeping the road to Monroe hot … Continue reading Spearsville Happenings
