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‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’
One Man’s Vow To Be The Kind Of Dad He Never Had By Lydia Crochet We all have a story. And when it comes to telling the tales of our fathers, no two are
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John Latham’s World Of Baseball
The Lake Area MC Aims To Visit Every Major League Baseball Park By Brad Goins John Latham has played many roles in Southwest Louisiana. He’s been an MC, Elvis impersonator, bon vivant, man
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AMERICA: AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE BAND
By Renn Loren With their close-knit three-part harmonies, ethereal double-tracked mood-drenched lead vocals, and rhythmically strummed acoustic guitars, America were the very embodiment of acoustic rock and soft rock. With a sound as comfortable
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Raising Our Girls
Local Judge Implements A Program For At-Risk Girls In Our Community By Lydia Crochet The Honorable Lilynn Cutrer is a Calcasieu Parish Family and Juvenile Court judge who has served the parish for
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GOLDEN SCHOLAR
After 51 Years Of Military Service, Career Work And Health Struggles, Al Cochran Claims His Second MSU Degree By Brad Goins At McNeese State University, there’s a select group of graduates who are called
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MY NAME IS CALCASIEU PARISH, AND I HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM
Story By Brad Goins • Photos By James Welch Shortly after 8:30 am on Saturday, April 30, your faithful correspondent was headed out to pick up a friend who was getting off work.
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Don Bruno: Celebrating 50 Years Of Don’s Car Wash
Story And Photos By Frank DiCesare Don Bruno’s first encounter with a car wash came in the late 1950s, when he was assigned to the Naval Air Station Point Mugu near Santa Monica,
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Football Foundation
It’s been different this spring — not seeing Matt Viator incessantly spinning his whistle and pacing the field during the McNeese Cowboys workouts. What was familiar and reassuring for the players, assistant coaches and
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Museum Tax Vote Not A Big Surprise
Not too long ago, voters turnt down the proposed property tax to help fund de much talked about hurricane museum. Many dat voted against it sed dar wuz much mo important needs dat our
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‘Coach, Friend, Mentor, Leader’
The billboard high above Westlake’s Sampson Street needed to be twice its size if it were to describe what Max Caldarera was to Westlake High School, his community and the thousands who came out
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