It's knitting time

Can you knit?
Do you want to learn?
If you're 12-18 years old you can join the Hot Needles Knitting Club.
The registration deadline is Nov. 1 but don't wait until then to register because class size is limited. Materials will be supplied.
Information:
Where: Shreve Memorial Library, Mooretown branch
4360 Hollywood Ave., Shreveport
Contact: (318) 636-5524
When: Each Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Classes start Nov. 6
Cost: Free

Trick or treat

The city of Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation Department (SPAR) is hosting 16 Halloween parties for the community on October 31.
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. and will feature space walks, games, contests and treats. Following is a list of locations for each of the community centers.
Be sure to stop by on your walk through the community on Halloween night!

AB Palmer, 547 E. 79th St. (673-5336)
YWCA Allendale, 700 Pierre Ave. (226-8717)
Lakeside, 2200 Milam St. (673-7812)
Andrew Currie, 1600 Norma St. (673-7805)
Chris Hays, 4300 Illinois St. (673-7814)
Sunset Acres, 6700 Quilen Ave. (673-7825)
David Raines, 2920 Round Grove Lane (673-5342)
Hattie Perry, 4300 Ledbetter St. (673-7810)
Airport Park, 6500 Kennedy Drive (673-7803)
Lakeside, 2200 Milam St. (673-7812)
Mamie Hicks, 200 Mayfair Drive (673-6416)
Bilberry, 1902 Alabama St. (673-5345)
Querbes, 3500 Beverly Place (673-7816)
Bill Cockrell, 4109 Pines Road (629-4185)
Valencia, 1800 Viking Drive (673-6433)
Southern Hills, 1002 Bert Kouns (673-7818)

Southern Hills Expo

The Southern Hills Business Association's Town Hall Meeting, Business Expo and Taste of Southern Hills is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The free event will be held in the events center at Summer Grove Baptist Church, 8924 Jewella.
Make plans to be there. It will offer plenty of music, door prizes, food samples, business products and service booths.

Promoting tourism

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Shreveport Convention & Tourist Bureau, along with representatives from 11 surrounding parishes and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, will announce the North Louisiana Coalition for Tourism with the Louisiana Office of Tourism.
The North Louisiana Coalition for Tourism will leverage the assets of more than 50 cities in 28 parishes to promote group tourism, leisure travel, meetings and conventions, and sporting events throughout north Louisiana.
The event will be held at Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport.

Aspiring cartoonists

I recently visited with a class of eighth-graders at Elm Grove Middle School. Their teacher said they had been talking about political cartoons in the class and the students had shown a big interest.
So I went ot the school to talk about political cartoons and how we decide which ones will be published and which ones will not. I took several copies of cartoons with me to show to the class. They got quite a kick out of some of the cartoons. Since they were so interested, I challenged the students to draw their own editorial cartoon, tied in to something happening in the news. Most of them were really excited about that.
I can hardly wait to see what these aspiring cartoonists come up with.