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HELP ON THE HOME FRONT
Lake Charles Clinical Trials Provides Comfort And Hope To Those With Alzheimer’s By Brad Goins Lake Charles Clinical Trials is all about finding new drugs to combat hard-to-treat or incurable diseases. The Clinical Trials
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PUTTING VETS FIRST
Career Marine Uses His Love Of Motorcycles To Help Area Vets By Brad Goins Lee Perkins was born Nov. 8, 1947 — two days before the anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps.
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WEINIEDOG’S
Kristi Wooldridge, Weiniedog’s Hot Dog Stand • weiniedogs.com 377-8067 • Chicageaux Bar, 829 University Drive, Lake Charles I’m a huge fan of hot dogs and have been for as long as I can remember.
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KAREN LAMBERT CLAPP GO GROUP DIRECTOR
STORY BY SCOTT E. RAYMOND PHOTOS BY LINDSEY JANIES Karen Lambert Clapp, 31, is a home-grown, experienced marketing professional with an accomplished track record of success. Announced by the GO Group (Southwest Louisiana Task
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WALL JEWELRY
The Fused Glass Art Of Frank Thompson By Karla Wall Local artist and craftsman Frank Thompson’s mother, not too long ago, showed him a piece of children’s art, obviously a kindergartner’s or a primary
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CANCER, INHERITED
Carriers Of Gene Mutation Face Higher Risk Of Breast Cancer By Lydia Crochet What would you do if you were told you have an 87-percent chance of developing cancer in your lifetime? Would you
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HIGH POWER ERs
AREA EMERGENCY ROOMS STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE BY BRAD GOINS Most of us are mightily challenged just to understand the basic workings of the health care system in everyday situations. Regardless of how
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GLORY DAYS
Landry High Tigers Celebrate The Golden Anniversary Of Their 1965 State Football Championship By Angie Kay Dilmore Dickie Tanous sat in the bleachers at Mansfield High School Stadium, surrounded by anxious fans of Landry
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FAMINE TO FEAST
NEW HOTELS GOING UP ALL OVER SWLA WITH MORE TO COME By Karla Wall A couple of years ago, the lodging choices for visitors to Lake Charles and the surrounding area were minimal. Other
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THE RITA RENAISSANCE
In Many Cases, Southwest Louisiana’s Post-Rita Recovery Coincided With Dramatic Improvement By Brad Goins Hurricane Rita was such an oversized storm that it’s a challenge to the imagination to conceive of the force it
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