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Volunteers = help=20 raise Old Glory in Winnsboro
Chuck Cannon
Posted on July 3, = 2002

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Margaret=20 Croft / Chief = Photographer=20

Dakota Martin, right, and Jacob = Jones,=20 left, of Boy Scout Troop 53 in Winnsboro, help = put up=20 some of the town's 300 flags along Louisiana 15 = in=20 downtown.

When Rosa Morrow recently = asked for a=20 little help from her friends, she never dreamed the response = would=20 be so overwhelming.

"I was delightfully surprised," = Morrow=20 said. "It was wonderful."

Morrow, the Veterans of = Foreign=20 Wars Post 3155 commander for Winnsboro, had asked for help = in=20 placing 300 flags along Louisiana 15 through = Winnsboro.

"We=20 (VFW members) have been putting the flags up for years, be = we are=20 all getting old, and it's difficult for us to put the flags = up by=20 ourselves," Morrow said.

Morrow started putting out = feelers=20 to see who could provide a little help.

"I talked to = Gene=20 Boquet, our local Boy Scout leader and some of our civic = leaders,"=20 Morrow said. "At our last meeting, I begged for help. I was = hoping=20 they could help."

When Morrow and other members of = the VFW=20 arrived to place the flags Tuesday morning, they were met = with a=20 welcomed sight.

"There were Boy Scouts and Lions Club = members=20 and Rotary Club members and other volunteers," Morrow said. = "I=20 didn't think that many people would show up. We never = expected that=20 kind of response."

Boquet, a county agent with the = LSU=20 AgCenter, said he and his scouts were "glad to help. The = kids were=20 excited and we had wanted to develop a project to give back = to the=20 community. This worked out well."

Boquet said the = early start=20 time Tuesday - 6:30 a.m. - was not a problem for the=20 kids.

"They had no problem getting up early," Boquet = said.=20 "In fact, I was the one who had a difficult time getting up = earlier=20 than normal. My wife had to wake me up."

With all the = volunteer help, all 300 flags were in place by 7:15 a.m. "It = went=20 pretty quickly," Boquet said. "When everyone pitches in to = help, you=20 can get your work done in a hurry."

Morrow said the = VFW was=20 grateful for the community's help.

"Again, it was = absolutely=20 delightful to see everyone come out and pitch in to help us. = I=20 always knew we had good people here. This proves = it."

=95 Overlay=20 projects' bids due to roll first of year
=95 Local=20 teen-ager turns lifesaver while vacationing in = Phoenix
=95 Holiday=20 may bring higher fatality numbers
=95 Venue=20 hearing reset for Sept. 23
=95 Fourth's=20 sparkle moved to park
=95 Board=20 rescinds retiree decision
=95 Volunteers=20 help raise Old Glory in Winnsboro
=95 School=20 board renews insurance, hires risk manager
=95 Prosecutors=20 proceed with cruelty charge
=95 Manning=20 announces bid for district judge
=95 Police=20 set bait for drug sting
=95 Chamber=20 president Neal resigns
=95 Show=20 cancelled after too few tickets sold
=95 Students=20 learn about being ALERT
=95 Divers=20 in court for hearing on battery
=95 First=20 for one, seventh for the other
=95 Ground=20 broken for Farmerville facility
=95 Jury=20 audit report has good, bad news
=95 Plenty=20 of places other than park to to mark July 4th
=95 Investigators=20 have suspect in double homicide
=95 Jolly=20 pleads innocent to May murder charge
=95 Levy=20 announces for third term as DA
=95 Siblings=20 found burned inside house
=95 Farm=20 group asks Congress for tougher theft charges
=95 Publication=20 offers ideas on avoiding ATM thefts
=95 Pearson=20 latest name in hat for jury spot
=95 LSU=20 research set to harvest tobacco payoff
=95 Anderson=20 tabbed to lead Farm Bureau
=95 Patriotism=20 tunes up
=95 Dog=20 shelter reaches out at mall
=95 Parishes=20 focus on truancy
=95 Perspectives:=20 Delta grads flee home
=95 Term=20 limits reconsidered for jury-appointed boards
=95 Perspectives:=20 Few and far between: Successes on the river
=95 Local=20 police wary of patrol cars after fiery crashes = nationwide
=95=20 Blow=20 seeks equality in schools
=95 Underwood=20 seeks jury seat
=95 Kitty=20 DeGree merges action, words
=95 Perspective:=20 Poverty's point
=95 Parishes=20 focus on truancy
=95 Perspectives:=20 Delta being drained of life
=95 Grant=20 helps fund Monroe's pre-K
=95 Drug=20 case in DA's hands
=95 Firefighters=20 train for spills
=95 Publishing=20 company made a patriotic statement just in time
=95 = Regents=20 redefine athletics spending
=95 For=20 some, lots of summer splash left
=95 Freshman=20 enrollment numbers up at GSU
=95 Change=20 will allow more funds for women
=95 State=20 to model teacher reform
=95 Alexander=20 will run for 5th District seat
=95 Passenger=20 in crash sues
=95 Area=20 educators split on Supreme Court's ruling to give school=20 vouchers
=95 Payment=20 clears way for Saturday's planned Big Bawcomville = Blowout
=95=20 Post=20 elected company chairman
=95 Court=20 delays enforcing pledge ruling
=95 Crowville=20 farmer wins state award
=95 Coroner=20 considering Arkansas autopsies
=95 Patrons=20 split on need for postal rate hike
=95 Richwood=20 residents to pay more for sewer
=95 Young=20 people, young at heart, graduate from OIC
=95 Kyle=20 has 'no problem' with GSU reporting
=95 Landrieu=20 rallies to pledge's aid
=95 Boss=20 says he felt pressure to shirk duty
=95 Encephalitis=20 outbreak improved terrorism readiness
=95 Ditch=20 behind Madison Foster to be covered
=95 Workshop=20 teaches parents life's skills
=95 ULM=20 instructors sharing joy of music with children
=95 Day=20 touts HIV tests as priority
=95 Singer-songwriter=20 entertains at library
=95 Blowout=20 meant to unite Bawcomville
=95 Man=20 pleads not guilty to murder, robbery
=95 Judge=20 clears Caldwell sheriff
=95 Franchise=20 fee hike off Richwood's agenda
=95 Region's=20 delegation: Education, economy, health improving
=95 = Public=20 school officials threaten to sue over bill
=95 Campers:=20 'We know God is in control'
=95 Council=20 moves to Phase II of riverwalk construction
=95 Shelter=20 seeks good home
=95 La.'s=20 oldest 4-H'er saluted in capital
=95 Employees=20 want to use retiree law
=95 Cooley=20 waits on CEO
=95 McDonald=20 sets off
=95 Tech-bound=20 bus crashes
=95 Molestation=20 case reopened in Claiborne
=95 Summer=20 school students fight odds
=95 Calvert=20 invited to join Audubon
=95 Police=20 Jury plans October election
=95 OCOG=20 bumps up funding of parish overlay projects
=95 Summer=20 camp begins under weight of sorrow
=95 Local=20 churches represented at national Baptist event
=95 State=20 auditor investigating school theft
=95 Sparta=20 efforts may hinge on education
=95 LifeShare=20 celebrates 60th anniversary
=95 Improvement=20 project part of camp
=95 Renner=20 returns to Monroe as News-Star publisher
=95 Prep=20 rodeo plans to be back
=95 Sharing=20 faith across divides
=95 Dogs,=20 like officers, protected by law
=95 Home=20 destroyed in Sunday fire
=95 Duo=20 arrested Sunday in robbery case
=95 Survey:=20 Campus looks count
=95 Foster=20 will focus on technology, bioscience in 2003
=95 Area=20 universities take cheating seriously
=95 Area=20 lawmakers: We put education first
=95 Report=20 shows Swartz confessed to shooting
=95 Perspective:=20 Male sports feel compliance is costing them = opportunities
=95=20 Hall=20 gets a fresh coat of paint
=95 Radio=20 operators HAMming it up
=95 GSU=20 looking into thefts
=95 Perspetive:=20 And is Title IX about athletics only? NO!
=95 Judge=20 Ingram dies of cancer
=95 Hall=20 gets a fresh coat of paint
=95 Black=20 Caucus talks elections
=95 GSU=20 looking into thefts
=95 Without=20 revenue, there is likely little future to Baskin
=95 = Black=20 Caucus talks elections
=95 Radio=20 operators HAMming it up
=95 Perspectives:=20 Female athletes find foundation on campuses across = country
=95=20 Corn=20 crop at mercy of rain clouds
=95 Drenched=20 courtrooms to re-open
=95 Cancer-fighters=20 walk through the night
=95 Warner=20 scolded for not reporting alleged theft
=95 World=20 Cup game elevates U.S. soccer
=95 Tech=20 senior wins $29,000 in 'Jeopardy'
=95 Jury=20 finds Freeman guilty in '99 murder
=95 Strategist=20 leaves ooksey camp
=95 Panel=20 to rule if trail leads to Calvert
=95 City=20 drainage projects clogged by lack of funds
=95 Sprinkler=20 system erupts ...
=95 Pilot=20 hits truck, then dodges bullet
=95 Autopsy=20 reveals man died from drug interaction
=95 Judge=20 to 'frame' student artists
=95 Norris=20 says work on Interstate could be boon for W.M. = economy
=95 Grand=20 jury returns indictments in Richwood school sex = cases
=95 Awareness=20 key to battle against encephalitis
=95 Perkins=20 to appeal to conservatives
=95 Witnesses=20 testify in Freeman murder
=95 Facts,=20 myths part of mystique of the longest daytime of = year
=95 Twin=20 Cities see no bank robberies
=95 Field=20 where Tolar dreamed takes his name
=95 City,=20 sheriffs borrow funds for operation
=95 Richwood=20 alderman consider sewer rate hike
=95 Federal=20 agency kills lake projects
=95 Suspects=20 in Gomez shooting headed to court
=95 Area=20 officials lobby D.C. delegation to help fund local = projects
=95=20 Monroe=20 waits for approval of pre-K plan
=95 Parish=20 poised to hire planner for golf course
=95 Diocese=20 starts healing = process

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