National Guard Unit Gets Ready For Inspection

Sergeant First Class Brett Cardin works through lunch Tuesday, April 7th. He has to complete corrections to the 830th Concrete Company's manning roster and other documents, which will be inspected by the state on April 25th














Tuesday, April 7th Private First Class Dusty Howard and Specialist Josh Bailey cleaned M-16's for the inspection.























All parts of the weapon are open for inspection, so the soldiers must be thorough.

























The 830th Concrete Company stands in formation on Sunday, April 5th. Sergeant First Class J. Linder briefs the group on there mission. They are tasked to wash equipment in their motor pool and prepair it for inspection.


























SFC. Brett Cardin Pressure washes under the hood of one of the 830th's M9-16 trucks on Sunday, April 5th.

SFC Cardin and Sergeant Johnny Marshal inspect the troubled areas of the vehicle.

PFC Dusty Howard brings a fork lift to the wash rack to be cleaned.

A mobile concrete mixer is raised to an angle to in order to wash the bottom it.

Specialist L. Haynes begins washing the rear of the concrete mixer.

Specialist Haynes is relieved of his turn on the pressure washer by
Corporal Perkins on Sunday, April 5th

SFC Richards Washes the wheel well of the M-916 truck.

SFC Cardin and Sgt. Marshal open the hood of the tractor trailer before beginning to wash it.

SFC J. Linder tops off the fuel tank of the power washer.

Sgt. Jodie DeAngelo pressure washes the inside of the 830th's mobile concrete mixer on Sunday, April 5th.

Sports

Warhawk football practice Friday March, 27th.

Karen Nguyen waits to return a serve during her tennis match at Forsythe park in Monroe.

Dennis Covington prefects his drive at the Forsythe park golf course in Monroe.

The ULM Lady Warhawks take the field during their game Sunday, March 29th.

Jason Hutchins rides the waves of the bayou as the ULM ski team shows off their stuff.

Neville High School softball and youth soccer league practice at Forsythe park in Monroe Sunday, March 29th.

Golfers practice their swings at Forsythe golf course in Monroe on Sunday, March 29th.

Rob Niemen sinks a put at Lazare park's disc golf course in West Monroe Monday March 30th.

The ULM softball team celebrate their victory over Middle Tennessee Sunday, March 29th..

SPRING FEVER FUN

The ULM Ski Team helped to jump Spring Fever off with a demonstration Tuesday, March 17. There was a wave of energy that would run through the crowd each time a skier preformed a stunt...

Members of the ULM School of music ride back from Bayou Park Thursday in their musical pick up truck...

The pits for the oozeball games were dug the day before by ULM groundskeepers.

So that by Friday the Monroe Fire Dept. would have nice, big, fresh holes to make mud in...

And that is exactly what they did...

The game were soon underway and the competition was fierce...

The Enema Enemies battled it out for their second round victory... The Monroe Fire Dept was also nice enough to help the teams clean up after the matches were complete...

Super Warhawk Weekend featured the ULM spring football game. The team ran through drills on Friday in preparation for the scrimmage.

By the end of the game on Saturday, Riverside Catering had the craw fish waiting...

And a long line didn't seem to bother those who attended the Spring game craw fish boil...

Angelia Upton waits as her craw dads are piled high...

The event was a smash... hardly any craw fish were left, it's unlikely that anyone went home with an empty stomach.

Even Ace was out to get a taste of the spicy coruscation...

illustration

Elaine Stark helps to show the pressures kids face in today's world by placing her head on a platter.

Features / People at work

Butterflies will soon be born at West Monroe's Restoration Park.

Josh Thornhill practices playing guitar at Forsythe Park.

Richard Trimble coaches his grandson before he attempts his swing.

George Young uses clamp press to make a pulp sample at Graphic Packaging.

Sam Keller tests paper samples on a machine called a L.A.B. Meter.

Diana Hucks helps Leslie Pesure to correct a shipping error.

Wayne Johnson prepares to attach a hose to a tanker car in order to remove its contents.

Jeremiah Moss helps customer over the phone at O'Reilly Auto Parts store.

Gary Beather delivers his cargo to Graphic Packaging.

Donald Wright lifts a wielding rig with a fork truck in order to move it to another job site.

Chris Sanford rides on the box car he just successfully hitched to a locomotive. Chris is the switchman for the tracks with in the paper mill.

Traffic backs up near Carroll High School, as a house fire blazes. The first responders clear the area and prepare for the fire truck to arrive.

Alex Johns walks to the store with his niece. He watches her while his sister works.

Nathan Davis makes his way to a recycling center to get a refund for the aluminum cans he has collected.