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CATAHOULA PARISH (KTVE/KARD) — Deputies of the Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Department have announced that their location has moved to 100 Pine Street in Harrisonburg, La. The station will be across the street from the Harrison Post Office.

According to officials, dispatch and booking are still at the courthouse on 301 Bushley Street.

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Arch "Beaver" Aplin III has made Buc-ee's a freeway phenomenon across much of the South since opening his first store in Texas in 1982, but his dream for the travel centers that today generate a fanatic following was born in the tiny Louisiana village of Harrisonburg in Catahoula Parish.

And after more than 40 years since founding his company, Aplin is planning to build the first Buc-ee's in Louisiana with a $50 million project on Interstate 20 in Ruston that was officially announced Jan. 9.

Though Aplin, whose mother nicknamed him "Beaver," grew up in Texas, he spent holidays and summers in Harrisonburg at his grandfather's general store. It was there that he sowed the seeds for what would become an empire. He came up with the name and logo by combining his nickname with the name of his beloved dog Buck.

"On Christmas Day my dad Arch Aplin Jr. (who is 97) was reminiscing with his grandchildren about growing up in the Aplin family general mercantile store in Harrisonburg, Louisiana," the Beaver said in a statement to USA Today Network. "For our family, opening a Buc-ee's in Louisiana is like coming home. We are very excited about Buc-ee’s coming to Ruston."

The breakthrough for the Louisiana project in Ruston came when Aplin's first cousin Mary Mobley of Pineville connected Adam Terry with Beaver.

Terry, a Harrisonburg native who contracts with Ruston as the city's federal lobbyist, was a favorite student of Mobley's mother Grace Aplin, who taught sixth-grade history in Harrisonburg.

"It absolutely wouldn't have happened without Mary Mobley," Terry said. "I'd been trying for two years to make a connection. When she forwarded my letter to Beaver he emailed me the same day. After that, I knew I had to get him in front of (Ruston Mayor) Ronny Walker because I knew Ronny could put together the deal and close it."

"Two individuals who held a special place in my mother's heart were Adam Terry and Beaver," Mobley said. "The decision was based on knowing my mother would have wanted me to help open the door for Adam and Beaver to connect."

Though the Buc-ee's boon will directly benefit Ruston, the people of Harrisonburg are embracing their history and the company's roots.

The Alpin Harrisonburg general store building is long gone, but older residents still remember it.

"They sold everything - feed and seed, groceries and clothes like a lot of country stores," said Steve Gibson, an unofficial village historian who said the store closed in the 1960s.

When the community learned that a reporter was visiting the village to explore Buc-ee's origin story, Principal Brenda Higdon at the K-12 Harrisonburg School announced they would celebrate Buc-ee's day and encouraged students and teachers to wear Buc-ee's gear.

An inflated Buc-ee's mascot was displayed at the school entrance and the school sign proclaimed: "Thank you Arch "Beaver" Aplin for believing in Louisiana. Let's Go Buc-ee's!"

Jordon Hudspeth said Beaver's grandfather bought the Harrisonburg store from her great-grandfather.

"It's really super cool; it's neat to know that we have a connection to this great story with our community and family," Hudspeth said.

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Harrisonburg High School Senior Jacob Thompson wore a full-fledged Buc-ee's Beaver costume to school Thursday.

"I've learned more about the Harrisonburg connection lately, but my favorite thing about the store is the Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets," said Thompson, referring to the company's No. 1 selling snack, crunchy corn nuggets with a brown sugar caramel coating.

"We're pumped up about the Ruston store," teacher Amie Bruit said. "We plan our vacations around Buc-ee's stops."

That vacation stop will be less than two hours away from Harrisonburg when Buc-ee's opens its 53,000-square-foot Ruston travel center in 2025, complete with 120 gas pumps, endless varieties of meat jerky, famous tender brisket and what the company advertises as the cleanest restrooms in America.

Buc-ee's director of real estate Stan Beard paid homage to the company's Louisiana roots and Beaver when he announced the project at the Ruston City Council meeting.

"(Harrisonburg) is literally where he got the dream to own a general store himself and he's done pretty well," Beard said. "We're all excited to be here."

Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1.

VIDALIA — It was appropriate that on Vidalia High School’s Senior Night last Saturday afternoon that a senior would step up and overcome a lot of adversity to lead the Vikings to a much-needed victory with the 2023 season winding down.

Jake Spears came on in relief of starting pitcher Gage Cupstid and gave up three runs, none of them earned, on just one hit with four strikeouts and two walks to offset a multitude of errors to lead the Vidalia Vikings to a 10-7 win over the Harrisonburg High School Bulldogs at the Concordia Recreation District 3 Complex.

Vidalia won the game despite being out-hit by Harrisonburg five to four and committing eight errors. Vikings head coach Seth Thompson said the majority of those errors occurred when Spears was on the mound.

“He maintained his composure. Which is tough to do when his defense is letting him down,” Thompson said. “That’s his senior leadership”

Vidalia scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning, but Harrisonburg responded with one run in the top of the second inning to cut the Vikings’ lead in half. However, the Vikings answered with two runs in the bottom of the second to take a 4-1 lead.

Despite playing in a much lower classification than Vidalia, Harrisonburg showed no quit as the Bulldogs used a three-run rally in the top of the third inning to tie the game up at 4-4. Yet the Vikings took the lead once again after plating one run in the bottom of the third.

As for how Vidalia was able to win the game despite just four base hits and the ridiculously high amount of errors it committed, Thompson said, “Just resiliency. We had a lot of walks. We got on base a lot, but we didn’t hit a lot. Being resilient and being patient at the plate. Letting their pitchers make mistakes.”

The Vikings were led at the plate by T.J. Williams and Luke Williamson, each of whom had a double. All five of the Bulldogs’ base hits went for singles and they had no multiple hitters.

Harrisonburg pitching, led by losing pitcher Pentecost (no first name given) walked nine batters and hit nine batters. Pentecost lasted just two innings and gave up one earned run on no hits but also two walks and four hit batters to go with four strikeouts

Cupstid got the start for Vidalia and allowed four runs, none of them earned, on four hits with five strikeouts and one walk over three innings.

The scored remained at 5-4 in Vidalia’s favor until the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Vikings struck four five runs to take what should have been a commanding 10-4 advantage. With Spears trying to close the game out in the top of the seventh, the defense almost let him down as the Bulldogs scored three runs to make it a 10-7 game.

However, winning pitcher Spears was able to escape with no further damage allowed and the Vikings escaped with the victory. Thompson said he was not too thrilled with as many errors as they ended up with.

“Nobody would be. But they fought through them,” Thompson said.

Vidalia (7-9) traveled to Moreauville, La., to take on Avoyelles High School in the Vikings’ regular-season finale with the junior varsity game at 4 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 6 p.m.

Hotel Madison is sharing the magic of the holidays with Harrisonburg this year with its first-ever Christmas tree decorating contest.

From Dec. 6 through Jan. 15, the lobby inside Hotel Madison will transform into a wintry wonderland as businesses and organizations within the community dedicate individually dressed trees for the contest.

Each year, the hotel’s foyer puts up a delicate tree alongside the staircase with ribbons, bows in purple, tan and gold. Marketing manager Kimberly Rhodes said the hotel wanted to dedicate a celebration for the city in wake of most events such as the Holiday Parade being canceled and businesses struggling.

“Hopefully, with businesses being limited with guest interaction or even being closed, we thought this would be a good way to get a presence out there for them,” Rhodes said.

Participating groups must send their team of decorating elves to the hotel to set up an artificial tree, no more than 10-feet tall, before Dec. 6.

Once all the trees are up in their final splendor, hotel guests and community members can vote for first, second and third place until Jan. 16. The grand prize is a two-night stay in Hotel Madison’s Presidential Suite and dinner for two at the Montpelier Restaurant & Bar.

Sara Wittig, director of marketing for Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, has spent the past several evenings making ornaments alongside her daughter, Charleigh, for the organization’s Hotel Madison tree. Making over 708 ornaments to represent each chamber member is an all-hands-on-deck situation, but Wittig said the chamber staff loves the holidays and is eager to join the tree trimming contest.

“It is definitely a community strong event for the chamber,” she said. “We want to represent each of those businesses and show our love.”

Registration caps at 20 participating businesses. Other competing groups registered as of Friday included the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County SPCA, Green Hummingbird Fair Trade Clothing, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center, On Sunny Slope Farm, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army Harrisonburg Corps and Matchbox Realty.

Rhodes said if the event is successful, the contest will be developed into a larger event after the pandemic.

While Wittig said she would love to dress up a fancifully garnished tree in future years if the event continues, chamber staff thought it best to dedicate their tree to the businesses and organizations standing strong against a challenging year.

Executive Director of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center Delores Jameson said the organization is planning to trim its tree with celebratory ornaments to recognize next year’s milestone of providing childcare locally for 50 years. Onlookers may also see shimmering stars of the organization’s annual fundraiser, Dancing with the Stars of the ‘Burg.

“When I heard of it, I thought that’s so neat, and I’m looking forward to it,” Jameson said. “I love Christmas, and I just think it’ll be something interesting. ... We’re gonna be creative.”

Jameson said she was able to see the spectacular display of holiday trees at Hotel Roanoke in past years and anticipates similar splendor at Hotel Madison next month.

“I’m actually very excited to be a part of it,” she said.

Guests will be able to vote via text by messaging "TREE" to 31966 or by dropping handwritten votes into a ballot box in the lobby.

Registration for the Christmas tree decorating contest closes Wednesday. To participate, interested parties can contact Rhodes at [email protected].

Eastern Mennonite has now lost eight of nine after a seven-inning loss to Mary Washington at home.

Senior outfielder Colin Troilo had a single and two RBIs to lead the Royals.

Junior designated hitter Garrett Nyce added a solo home run for EMU, while senior infielders Nick Arnold and Ethan Spraker added an RBI hit apiece.

The Royals (4-11) were back in action Wednesday against Washington and Lee.

Mary Washington 005 210 (10) — 18 13 1

Eastern Mennonite 011 004 0 — 6 8 4

McComber, Graham (6), Dudak (7) and Martin, Leighty (5). Cashin, T. Smith (5), M. Smith (6), McClellan (7), Knutsson (7), Thomas (7) and Selph. W — McComber (3-0). L — Cashin (0-1). 2B — UMW: Martinez, Lowe, Christen. EMU: Bruno. 3B — UMW: Ayscue, Roots. HR — UMW: Martin, fifth inning, none on. EMU: Nyce, second inning, none on. SB — UMW: Rizzo. EMU: Arnold, Speaker. CS — UMW: Purgason. EMU: Bruno. HBP — UMW: Purgason, Martin. EMU: Hall (2). E — UMW: Steifman. EMU: Spraker, Hall, Riles, Knutsson. DP — UMW: 1. A — 46.

Xulon Press presents a thought-provoking story about seven miracles sure to be appreciated by anyone looking for God and inspiration with autism.

HARRISONBURG, La., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Author Tim Calhoun shares his special journey of abundant miracles in Autism and Seven Miracles ($17.99, paperback, 9781662889127; $7.99, e-book, 9781662889134).

According to Calhoun, God led him to write this book from a young age. This book is his testimony – a testimony full of miracles. Readers will appreciate this writing, discovering how God worked through doctors, family, friends, prayer and music in Calhoun's life. It's a transparent view of his story, from God giving him forgiveness, blessing him with a son, Nathaniel, when he was forty years old, and giving him a wife to help with his son. It's also the story of how Calhoun's son overcame autism, succeeded in high school and is now having success in college. He credits God for giving his son speech through the doctors, his teachers and family. Calhoun is also grateful for God restoring his health after a triple bypass, massive heart attack, kidney failure and a healing from cancer.

In this book, readers will hear the story of Calhoun's best friend, James Williams Davis, and his dad Governor Jimmie H. Davis (Jimmie H. Davis and Sunshine). It's a powerful story about James Williams Davis, who gave his life to God during his last few days on the earth, ultimately received forgiveness from God.

When asked what inspired the author to write this book, Calhoun said, "God. MIRACLES are a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore to be the work of the work of a divine."

In addition to being an author, husband and father, Tim Calhoun enjoys hunting, outdoors, rodeo, and writing music.

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world's largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 20,000 titles published to date. Autism and Seven Miracles is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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