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CATS ARE BECOMING LIKE US
It all started one night when our cats lay down in a semi-circle on the floor, right in front of the television. Our middle cat, Baxter, had, at times, noticed the television in the past; he’d poked at the moving things on the screen with his paw. But on the night of which I »
LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP? HAVE A PLAN
Sarah is a beautiful, married, 29- year-old marketing rep for a telecom company. She’s independent, strong and self-confident. Her husband owns a plumbing business and is successful, handsome and the life of the party. They seemed like the perfect couple, though Sarah seemed a bit clumsy, sometimes showing up with bruises due to a »
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Mayor Roach Honors Leaders in the Arts
On Friday, October 11th, in the Benjamin W. Mount Auditorium at Central School, the Arts Council of SWLA and the City of Lake Charles recognized the contributions of the creative workforce during the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. Mayor Randy Roach presented awards to eight area leaders in the arts. Photographer Lindsey Janies, who has »
Creative, Collaborative, Local
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 of creativity …” says longtime supporter Kelley Saucier. “What is most interesting about the Civic Ballet is that they create »
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 station with the call letters KPAC. Kids tuned in from 1957 to 1972 for the Circle 4 Club to watch the »
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 the large marble altar in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Lake Charles would never be complete. At »
