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Preserving Your Wedding Dress

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By Sandra Joseph How do you preserve your beautiful wedding gown and keep it in good enough shape to hand down to your daughter or daughter-in-law one day? How do you keep it from

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Wedding Day Glamour

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By Madelaine B. Landry The one day that a woman does not want an unexpected glitch to happen is her wedding day. That definitely includes her carefully crafted timeline for wedding makeup, wedding hair

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A Trio Of Taste

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              My wife, Shyla, and I did not really have any plans for the weekend outside of the ordinary household tasks and chores. A buddy had hinted at

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Catwoman Takes On  A Mardi Gras Ball

Catwoman Takes On A Mardi Gras Ball

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                I grew up in God’s country, but you might know it as Ville Platte, Louisiana. Mardi Gras in Ville Platte looks like a gravel road, a

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Wade’s Warnings

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When Will Wade uttered that now prescient prediction of 23 wins for his McNeese Cowboys when he was hired last spring, he had a loftier goal in mind for his return to coaching. The

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THE GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE FILMS IN LAKE CHARLES

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BY DIANA VALLETTE The folks over at Visit Lake Charles secured another great opportunity for our city. In case you missed it, Food Network rolled in on Jan. 29 to film an episode of

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Fish Fry For Haiti

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Fish Fry for Haiti, the annual fundraiser to support Saint Mathieu Ecole Episcopale in Haiti, will take place Friday, Feb. 23. Take-out dinners of catfish with all the trimmings plus a homemade dessert will

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Still A Lot To Do

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 Winning A Grammy Was Great, But Jo-El Sonnier Still Feels There’s Much To Accomplish  By Lisa Addison  Local legend and Grammy Award winner Jo-El Sonnier has played the accordion and performed in every state

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A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM

admin February 8, 2024 Comments Off on A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM

CARBON CAPTURE IS LARGELY A MATTER OF GREAT UNKNOWNS • BY BRAD GOINS The Biden administration recently gave Louisiana regulators new and unusual power to attract and approve carbon capture projects. Louisiana is accustomed

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Mazen’s

admin February 8, 2024 Comments Off on Mazen’s

Here we are, in the winter doldrums. The time of idle, where we look forward to the pleasant weather of spring and reflect over the past few weeks and the shared memories with family

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