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🌱 CENLA Gift of Gab Toastmasters and 10 more events
And check out Empower 2026 with guest speaker Beverly Vance Aikins mother of VP JD Vance. on the Creola Patch calendar
Greetings Creola! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- CENLA Gift of Gab Toastmasters
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 97 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 98, low: 75.
- Thursday: A couple of t-storms; humid, with a high of 94 and low of 72 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Creola
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★ Featured events ★
- CENLA Gift of Gab Toastmasters →
Rapides Parish Library Westside Regional Library, 5416 Provine Pl, Alexandria
6:10 pm
Tuesday September 1
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📣 Creola Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Empower 2026 with guest speaker Beverly Vance Aikins mother of VP JD Vance. →
Alexandria Convention Center, 2225 N MacArthur Dr, Alexandria
5:30 pm - Holy Savior Menard Varsity Football @ Grant →
Grant High School, 17779 US-167, Dry Prong
7:00 pm - Exploration →
Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center, 1202 3rd St, Alexandria
7:30 pm - Estate Planning Essentials →
Rapides Parish Library Westside Regional Library, 5416 Provine Pl, Alexandria
10:00 am - St. Mary Varsity Football @ Grant →
Grant High School, 17779 US-167, Dry Prong
7:00 pm - 25th reunion →
Grant High School, 17779 US-167, Dry Prong
7:00 pm - Dan "HITMAN" Rathmann LIVE →
Fighting Hand Brewing Company, 1600 Military Hwy, Pineville
8:00 pm - Residential Flood Insurance for the LA Dweller Real Estate Agent CE Class →
Greater Central Louisiana REALTORS Association, 4200 Jackson St, Alexandria
2:00 pm - Grant Cougars vs Mansfield Wolverines →
Grant High School, 17779 US-167, Dry Prong
7:00 pm - Night of Worship, Hope, and Healing Heart Featuring Jordan St. Cyr →
Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center, 1202 3rd St, Alexandria
6:00 pm - Grant Cougars vs Buckeye Panthers →
Grant High School, 17779 US-167, Dry Prong
6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Tuesday September 15
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
Friday October 2
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
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🗞 Nearby News
Pineville
- Pineville Police Sergeant Derek Parker announces retirement (rapidesparishjournal.com)
- 'Time to do something with it': Pineville cracking down on abandoned vehicles (kalb.com)
- Three teens arrested after gunfire reported on Messer Street in Pineville (cenlanow.com)
Alexandria
- United Way kicks off 2026 campaign in Alexandria (thetowntalk.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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