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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 does a two-time Olympian do to get back in shape after having her third child? Train for a triathlon, naturally. »
Southern Hugs
By Pierre Fontenot If you’re in the vicinity of my age you might have a similar memory of first-time realizing that a lot of people in America don’t hug each other. I know. Kind of like my grandfather, getting his head around the idea that man really had landed on the moon. Just »
Cove Lane Project: I’m Happy
You’ve seen de television commercial for Fed Ex about folks at dat company who are all happy because dar product got delivered to dar customer az promised. So de customer iz happy an’ all de employees say, “I’m happy.” Well, I’m happy I finally fount somebody who could set de record straight on dis »
The New iPhones
By Vic Wukovits It’s that time of year again, and on Sept. 20, Apple released the latest iPhone to the world. This year, we got a little something different, as two different models were released: the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. The successor to the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5s is the »
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 of the great American dream. In Southwest Louisiana, that dream often includes a home on one of our many waterways. »
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 of Willis Wade Noland, a 46-year-old Lake Charles native who was lost at sea off of St. Martin Island in »
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 are specially trained to answer questions about the new health care act and help people fill out insurance forms when »
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 politics in a decade. The Affordable Health Care Act — widely known as “Obamacare” — is in effect now. Additional »
THE NEW WAGON RUT
I don’t think anybody would call what’s going on in the big little town of Wagon Rut an economic boom. But some new businesses are opening, and folks are starting to take note. The business enterprise that’s getting the most attention in Wagon Rut is the brand new Coonass Construction Co. The company’s huge »
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