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ESCAPING THE BOOM
Many Lake Area Residents Looking To Move To More Spacious, Quieter Areas Ahead Of Expansion The vast majority of Lake Area residents are encouraged by the thought of the economic expansion the
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BOLD, BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS
Local Floral Designer Tammie Aucoin Talks About Her Well-Known Holiday Displays And Her Rose Bowl Parade Design Work Tammie Aucoin, floral designer with A Daisy A Day in Lake Charles, can’t remember a
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SPARKS ARE FLYING
As SWLA Gears Up For Massive Industrial Expansion, What’s Being Done About The Need For Welders? By Karla Wall It’s estimated that 86,000 skilled craftsmen — welders, pipefitters, machinists, millwrights — will
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‘I’m Gonna Keep On Truckin’
72-Year-Old DeRidder Businesswoman, Community Activist Isn’t Letting Age Slow Her Down Talk to Anna Wiggins for any length of time, and you realize she doesn’t do things halfway. She’s definitely not a “going through the
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CELEBRITY SCARECROW
Westlake Family’s Decorated Scarecrow Has Become Local Fixture After about 10 years of planting, tending and harvesting a garden that seemed to grow larger each year, Westlake residents Robert and Sue Moss decided to
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Fill ‘Er Up, Please
The Lake Area’s Two Full-Service Stations Offer Old-Fashioned Service With A Personal Touch An elderly woman pulls up to the pump at Bob’s Exxon, located on Napoleon St. in Sulphur. Owner David Nezat
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FLYING TIGER FAN
Local Attorney Larry Roach Talks About His Lifelong Love Of Flying And His LSU-Themed Light Plane • By Karla Wall “I try to fly at least once or twice a week,” says local
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CARETAKERS OF THE CALCASIEU
The emergence of the Lake Area as a major petrochemical and refinery center in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, and the phenomenal growth expected over the next few years, are due to one
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IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE KIDS
Calcasieu School Superintendent Wayne Savoy Looks Back On Almost 40 Years In Education • By Karla Wall Calcasieu Parish school superintendent Wayne Savoy, who in January announced his retirement after nearly eight years
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RESORT COMING SOON ON THE CAMERON COAST?
Could Cameron Become The Next Kemah, Texas — The Next Hot Tourist Destination On The Upper Gulf Coast? • Compiled By Karla Wall A group called Cameron Answers, formed in 2009 as a “think
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