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Do You Have Any Steaks That Cost More?
The fact that I’ve written about state Treasurer John Kennedy in two consecutive Up Fronts doesn’t mean I’m going to support his candidacy for whatever post he eventually runs for. It just means the
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Pho Saigon
Now here is some good news indeed. The Lake Area has a second Vietnamese restaurant. Pho Saigon is located off Martin Luther King Highway between Lake Charles and Moss Bluff. Pho is the delicious
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About Town
— Local charitable Christmas efforts are picking up steam. Among them is the annual Kiwanis Coats for Kids drive. The Kiwanis ask that you contribute your used coats. They’ll be given to children living
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Scary And Really, Really Fast
We’re living in a time when we don’t have to watch disaster movies to see suspenseful stories about fast-spreading scary diseases. My story on such diseases (“The Scaries,” Lagniappe, Oct. 2, p. 36), demonstrated
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Coastal Snow. Be Prepared.
I hear there’s been a little press around Southwest Louisiana about what supplies area law enforcement agencies may have gotten from the Pentagon. To bring a new perspective to this coverage, I thought I
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Score 1 For Lafayette
In the hypothetical ongoing rivalry between Lake Charles and Lafayette, the latter city just carved another notch in its belt. The first passengers from Denver, Colo., arrived in the Lafayette airport on July 18.
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Is Texas Dirtier?
I’m going to tell you a joke. Some people think it’s pretty funny. But I warn you, it’s a dirty joke. Here’s the joke: What’s the difference between a redneck and a coonass? The
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Lost Worlds
The 1911 City Hall Arts & Cultural Center is putting on so many art exhibits, I’m losing track of them. The one I’m about to describe — “Lost Worlds: Ruins of the Americas” —
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I Dont Know What A Headline Is
In the May 15 edition, the American Press ran a section called RESTAURANT SCENE. I assumed this was a restaurant review and the author of the long article about a local restaurant was a
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THE LULL EFFECT
The greater Southwest Louisiana area may be preparing for an economic boom. But at the moment, downtown Lake Charles is experiencing something quite a bit different from a boom. Those who’ve long wished for
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