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Announcements

The latest edition of Musings is in. Go to the Musings website for more information.

River Oaks Interact Club has elected officers for the 2005-2006 school year:

President -- Sam Herman
Vice-Pres -- Tyler Metzger
Secretary -- Lauren Topakoglu
Treasurer -- Mickel Husted
Media Reps -- Taylor, Graves, Emilie, Leah (and others)

Interact's first activity of the year is to gather supplies for hurricane victims currently sheltered at the Monroe Civic Center.

Interact is also sponsoring Hideaway Road for the Adopt-A-Road campaign. Our new sign is up at the corner of Hideaway and Old Sterlington. We have our first Clean-Up scheduled for Monday (Labor Day) @ 10:00.

Thanks again to all who have donated money to the River Oaks "Drum Corps." The new drums have been ordered and will hopefully be here in time for the next home game!

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