volunteers

Yogie and Friends Exotic Cat Sanctuary opens for the 2011 season this Saturday...but much still needs to be done. Volunteers will be out at the sanctuary at 9 that morning, mowing and weedeating, before the noon opening. Anyone who has an extra weedeater or handmower for the difficult areas that can't be done with riding mowers is asked to bring it with them...

Lots of folks will be out in the historic Highland neighborhood Saturday. Beginning at 9 that morning, Centenary College faculty, staff, students and alumni -- along with community volunteers -- will take part in "The BIG Event 4." It's an annual community service project, and more than 200 volunteers are expected to take part this year...

Three volunteers from the Northwest Louisiana chapter of the American Red Cross left this morning, headed for Rayne, Louisiana. They'll be staging from there into areas that were destroyed or affected by this weekend's tornado. Don Stamper of Shreveport and Jean Lanier of Bossier City will be handling direct one-on-one casework with the clients...