Looking North for November 5, 2009

• By JAMES MINTON
• Advocate Baker - Zachary bureau
• Published: Nov 5, 2009 - Page: 3B

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Veterans Day is Wednesday, but observances begin Sunday with programs in Baker and East Feliciana Parish.

Baker’s program begins at 2 p.m. Sunday at City Hall Park and Veterans Plaza, 3325 Groom Road. The guest speaker will be veteran and Baker Middle School teacher Roosevelt Peters.

Also on Sunday, members of the Alexander Sterling Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold flag ceremonies at four East Feliciana Parish cemeteries to honor the veterans buried in them.

A 9 a.m. service is set for Dawson Cemetery, and 3 p.m. programs will be held at the Jackson Cemetery, Clinton Masonic Cemetery and Redwood Cemetery in Slaughter.

Head Start students and other schoolchildren will honor veterans with a 10:30 a.m. parade Tuesday at the courthouse in Clinton.

The Louisiana War Veterans Home’s annual observance will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

For early risers on Wednesday, the Bank of Zachary hosts a Veterans Day flag-raising program at 7:30 a.m. (coffee and doughnuts will be served) at the bank’s main office, 4743 Main St., Zachary.

The Zachary High School vocal group, “Bronco Beat,” will provide patriotic songs, and the school’s Junior Army ROTC cadets will direct the flag-raising. Iraq veteran Patrick Jenkins and World War II veteran B.H. Brantley will participate.

Also on Wednesday, West Feliciana Parish students will honor veterans at 9 a.m. at the high school stadium.

Art shows in Clinton

Julie Buckner is the featured artist for Clinton’s “Art ’Round the Square,” starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The event continues from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The event coincides Saturday with Clinton’s monthly community market.

Several other artists are showing their work during the two-day event.

Blood drive planned