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The Beautiful Legacy Of The Lake Charles Civic Ballet Is Poetry In Motion By Brad Goins As the Lake Charles Civic Ballet moves into its 45th year, it keeps “a very clear vision
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The Last Ride Of Cowboy John, Black Bart And The Infamous Leroy
By Todd C. Elliott Nothing lassoed kiddies of the “baby boom” generation like television. Southwest Louisiana children wrangled around their TV sets six days a week to catch a small, Port Arthur-based, NBC-affiliate TV
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Grand Design
The Great Altar’s Journey To The Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception Story By Brad Goins • Photos By Victor Monsour There was a time — long ago — when it was feared that
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JENNIE FINCH: READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE
Former Softball Olympic Medalist Jennie Finch Trained With Local Ironman Dave Park To Prepare for The Aquafor Triathlon in NYC, Then Bested Her Goal Time By 15 Minutes By Karla Wall What
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BUILDING A DREAM
Local Real Estate Agent Tony Cornner Has Been Working On His Dream Home. He Began With A Stunningly Beautiful Deck On The Water By Angie Kay Dilmore Many people consider building a home part
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LOST AT SEA
The Lone Survivor Of The Willis Noland Tragedy Tells Lagniappe What Happened That Fateful Night By Jerry Roy as told to Nola Mae Ross This is the first full factual account of the death
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LOUISIANA’S HEALTH PLAN
The Basics By Brad Goins Each state will have its own version of the new Affordable Health Care plan. If you’re a Louisiana resident, this guide should give you the info you need
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LOUISIANA’S TOP NAVIGATOR
Brian Burton Of Maplewood Is Heading Up Louisiana’s Navigator Effort By Brad Goins Central to the new health care act will be the role of people who are called “navigators.” These are individuals who
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OBAMACARE: NAVIGATING THE MAZE
One Thing’s For Sure — The New Health Care Act Is Complicated. This Nuts-And-Bolts Guide Should Make It A Little Easier To Understand By Alvin Langdon It’s the biggest story in health care and
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Moss Bluff All-Stars Stampede To Dixie Youth World Series Championship In Eye-Popping Fashion
It was easy to get wrapped up in the Little League World Series this summer. Coverage was ubiquitous: for a solid month, every TV in every restaurant and bar in the city seemed to
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