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‘LOUISIANA PURCHASED’
I guess I shouldn’t be publicizing another Louisiana periodical in this column. But, as we all know, the Times-Picayune has had a run of bad luck recently. It’s finally gotten some good news with the positive press its new “Louisiana Purchased” feature has received. To make Louisiana Purchased, Times-Picayune staff compiled a database of »
BULLYING IN SWLA: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Bullying Roundtable: Local Experts Discuss Options Available To Victims And Bullies And Their Families Bullying has been in the forefront of news in the last couple of years, with several cases of kids committing suicide as a result of being bullied. Lagniappe sat down with local school officials and local counselors to discuss the »
LEN PAULEY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
After Losing His 15-Year-Old Daughter Hannah To Suicide In 2011, Len Pauley Is Raising Awareness Of Bullying In An Effort To Save Lives ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Everyone knows the saying “sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” When we teach our kids sayings like this, we are doing them an injustice. »
PEACEFUL WARRIOR: JOSH QUAYHAGEN
Local Martial Artist Spreads Anti-Bullying Message Local mixed martial arts fighting sensation Josh Quayhagen may have made a name for himself by fighting others. But his message to his students and the youths he speaks to in local schools is simple: It’s not cool to bully others. Through his Peaceful Warriors program for school-age »
THE BAR IS ALWAYS OPEN
A 61-year-old Texas man admitted to a hospital appeared to be falling-down-drunk even though he denied having had a single drink. He was found to be manufacturing beer in his stomach. With “auto-brewery syndrome,” stomach-based yeast automatically ferments all starches passing through, converting them into ethanol. As a rule, natural stomach bacteria control the »
BRODY MEAUX
Brody Meaux is the 14-year-old son of Lake Charles residents Jimmy and JoAnn Meaux. Brody has the rare genetic disease MeCP2 duplication syndrome. MeCP2 is a neurological condition that occurs almost entirely in males. Effects include moderate to severe intellectual disability, weak muscle tone, difficulties in eating, poor speech or lack of speech, seizures »
WILL OUSLEY: ARTIST, POET AND ‘FREAK’ OF BAGDAD
Lake Charles is on the east side of the Calcasieu River, and Westlake, of course, is on the west side. The Calcasieu River turns into the northwest corner of the lake. Before the river reaches the lake, there’s a bend on the river where it flows east to west, then it bends and goes »
EARLY DAYS IN WESTLAKE AND BAGDAD
Westlake began to come into being 200 years ago, when Calcasieu River was called Rio Hondo, and both Texas and the Spanish administrators of the Louisiana territory were laying claim to the lands between the Calcasieu River and the Sabine River. Many pioneers tried to get into the strip of land in the early »
FAMILY REUNION
We lived on the old home place, our little red house built new in the year of my first year in school, set up under a trio of gorgeous oak trees, a plot of land two acres big and full of memories for my father and grandfather’s generation. And it came to pass that »
KEEPING YOUR FACEBOOK PRIVACY
Are you on Facebook? If so, then chances are you’ve seen something scary from one of your friends about privacy settings that was posted because Facebook changed something. Most recently, the Facebook “Graph App” is the culprit. The message will inform you that by jumping through some hoops, you’ll keep Facebook’s information invisible to »
