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FASHION WITHOUT LIMITATIONS
Special Needs Children Rock The Runway By Angie Kay Dilmore Clothing designer Indrea Gordon combined her passion for fashion and her love for special needs children to create a unique program called Fashion Without
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EMBRACING BALDNESS
A Growing Number Of Men Are Becoming Hair-Free And Carefree By Brad Goins + 21 Others Lagniappe recently sent questionnaires to nearly two dozen bald men in the Lake Area. We asked them if
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THE ULTIMATE “FILLING” STATION
A Taste Of Fatboy And Skinny’s In Leesville Story And Photos By Angie Kay Dilmore Take a step back in time and FILL UP on some of the best burgers and fries in Southwest
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MULTIFAMILY HOUSING MARKET BOOMING IN LAKE CHARLES
By Karla Wall The coming economic expansion will impact all areas of life in SWLA — indeed, the effects are already beginning to be seen and felt. And one of the biggest signs of
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KAPLAN, LA., DOG TRAINER HAS EARNED WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION AS TRAINER TO TOP PROTECTION, NARCOTICS AND EXPLOSIVES DOGS
By Karla Wall For Roger Abshire, owner of USK9 Academy in Kaplan, La., and recognized as one of the top protection, police and detection dog trainers in the world, the work of training such
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DOLLARS & SENSE / FROM RETRO REAL ESTATE TO ADAPTIVE REUSE • PART II
Story And Photos By Angie Kay Dilmore “Adaptive re-use is good stewardship of resources,” says Adley Cormier, Preservation Advocate for the Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society. “Is it more economical to retro-fit an old building
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FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS IN SWLA
By Lydia Crochet It’s no secret that firefighting is a male-dominated profession. In fact, if you search the internet for “female firefighters,” the first things to pop up are links to Halloween costumes and
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THE ADHD ADVANTAGE
An Interview With Dr. Dale Archer About His New Book By Patricia Broussard There was a time when a diagnosis of ADHD both alarmed and frightened parents. Just the name, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder was
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PRESERVING AND RE-PURPOSING
FROM RETRO REAL ESTATE TO ADAPTIVE REUSE By Angie Kay Dilmore The old Gordon’s Drugstore is now Pujo St. Cafe. The original American Press newspaper offices are now the Children’s Museum. The 1912 Central
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RICHARD DOW: A TRIED AND TRUE GAMER
Local Sportscaster Richard Dow Shares His Journey Of Recovery from Illness By Angie Kay Dilmore For nearly two months, near the end of 2013, Richard Dow laid in a Shreveport hospital bed, not knowing
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