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MILLIONS SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL ADS
Virginia-based media company Borrell Associates has released a report forecasting that political advertising in 2016 will eclipse $11.4 billion nationally. This is 20 percent higher than the total of the last presidential cycle in
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Two Local Residents Collect Historic, Antique Items By Karla Wall Collectors become obsessed with gathering the items they value — be it potholders, stuffed animals, rare vehicles or weapons — for many reasons: sentimentality,
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What Makes A Person Volunteer For Hospice? By Brad Goins Many people are mystified by those who volunteer to work in hospice. For these mystified souls, the room that holds the death bed is
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About Town — The Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana will offer “Beginning Word” literacy classes for adults at the Calcasieu Business and Career Solutions Center. Classes, which are three weeks long, will be offered Tuesdays
Read More »THE HOG MASTER
Man did that ever feel good! There was a brisk north wind blowing, dropping temperatures into the 60s, with low humidity that made breathing much easier. After surviving some brutal summer heat, it was
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