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RIDING THE WAVE OF CHANGE
Young Nick Fontenot Has Achieved Business Success By Tenaciously Following His Interests By Brad Goins Local entrepreneur Nick Fontenot started to make big moves in the business world at an early age. Very early.
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THE RITA RENAISSANCE
In Many Cases, Southwest Louisiana’s Post-Rita Recovery Coincided With Dramatic Improvement By Brad Goins Hurricane Rita was such an oversized storm that it’s a challenge to the imagination to conceive of the force it
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IS LES MILES ON THE HOT SEAT?
By Lyles Martin Photos By Steve Franz / LSU The clock is ticking for LSU coach Les Miles. After the Tigers finished a pedestrian 8-5 (4-4 in the SEC) last season, there is concern
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PRESERVING THE PAST
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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COMPASSION DEFINED
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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“I CHOSE GOLF”
A Look At High School Golf Prodigy Brooke Tyree By Angie Kay Dilmore Brooke Tyree may not have started golfing before the age of two, like some other golfers who ultimately became quite famous.
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WHEN SMOKERS STAY HOME
Smoking Bans Are Putting The Hurt On Bars From Sulphur To New Orleans By Brad Goins Over in New Orleans, there’s an old dive called Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge. The folks there
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FASHION WITHOUT LIMITATIONS
Special Needs Children Rock The Runway By Angie Kay Dilmore Clothing designer Indrea Gordon combined her passion for fashion and her love for special needs children to create a unique program called Fashion Without
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EMBRACING BALDNESS
A Growing Number Of Men Are Becoming Hair-Free And Carefree By Brad Goins + 21 Others Lagniappe recently sent questionnaires to nearly two dozen bald men in the Lake Area. We asked them if
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THE GUNSLINGER: If Daniel Sams Can Emerge As A Passer, A Wild Season Awaits
Season Preview By Rick Sarro Main Photo By Jesse Hitefield Action photos courtesy MSU Sports Information Dept. BOUNCE BACK YEAR I will lift the curtain on all facets of the McNeese Cowboys for 2015.
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