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MSU Football

September 14, 2023, Comments Off on MSU Football

It’s getting close to the time for putting all this preseason and pregame prep to the test on Sept. 2. 1st Quarter – Offensive Overview I wanted this year’s in-depth preview and analysis to follow the sequence of a real game. I started with the pregame, which begins with all the personnel work and »

Nawal’s Kebab House & Grill

February 20, 2023, Comments Off on Nawal’s Kebab House & Grill

409 W. Prien Lake Road, Lake Charles Nothing thrills me more than witnessing our little corner of Louisiana expand, especially when it comes to new restaurants and businesses. Throughout our community, I often hear of pitches and ideas, and the rumors surrounding the possibility of a new restaurant. Unfortunately, a lot of those ideas »

Mary Did You Know

February 20, 2023, Comments Off on Mary Did You Know

I don’t January like I used to January.   Thank you, aging. Back when my hairs were many, and dark, my New Year’s Resolutions were serious, but silly.  I had my facts wrong.  I thought time was cheap, and money was expensive; now that I’ve aged, I think time is treasure, and money is »

From Records To Reunions

October 6, 2022, Comments Off on From Records To Reunions

The Research Turtles Champion Original Music In Lake Charles By Brad Goins Jud and Joe Norman grew up in a house where their parents listened to the Beatles. They were enthusiastic fans of the band from their early childhood. Paul Gonsoulin said he and Jud were friends from the age of 4. In addition »

Southwest Louisiana Loves Ben Terry

July 18, 2022, Comments Off on Southwest Louisiana Loves Ben Terry

By Pierre Fontenot If you want to appreciate the best of Southwest Louisiana, it’s not nature and climate, it’s the people.  Sometimes crusty and rusty, occasionally ahead, occasionally behind, but where they really shine, is how they come together when they get The Squeeze. If anything can put a squeeze on a people, it’s »

Chef Amanda Cusey

July 18, 2022, Comments Off on Chef Amanda Cusey

By Bill Coyne To start, I’d like to begin with a well-deserved congratulations to Amanda Cusey, executive chef at Villa Harlequin, for her most recent accolade as winner of the 15th annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-off.   The Louisiana Seafood Marketing and Promotion Board began hosting a state cooking competition to highlight the skills and »

Main St. Deli

February 11, 2022, Comments Off on Main St. Deli

112 Arthur Ave • Lake Arthur Let me relate to you a case of circumstance becoming opportunity. It was a typical weeknight at our home for me and my wife. We were winding down after dinner and catching up on the day’s events.  Scrolling through my newsfeed, I was alerted to an image of »

Generational Character

February 11, 2022, Comments Off on Generational Character

I witnessed my father do a U-turn, to go back to a convenience store, because the clerk had given him too much change.   Another young man of that generation, parents both dead, he hitchhiked down here, arrived with his entire net worth in his pocket, $4, including coins.  Didn’t know a soul. He »

Change The Channel? Not When Ben Terry Is On

January 21, 2022, Comments Off on Change The Channel? Not When Ben Terry Is On

Community Rallies Around Local Meteorologist Through Hurricanes And Cancer Battle By Kerri Cooke Once there was a boy who grew up in Kosciusko, Miss., — a small town rich in Native American history, instrumental in the war of 1812 and named after a general who served in the American Revolution. The boy who lived in »

And Now Comes 2022

January 21, 2022, Comments Off on And Now Comes 2022

2021 was a fast year.  They do get that way, as you age. Aging is quite the mystery, in a million measurements.  How one looks at time is something they don’t warn you about when you’re young. 2020 was so abnormal, we think it shouldn’t count, except it does.  It was one of the »