Lifestyle

Censorship is alive and well in Louisiana!

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
Efforts to ban books are accelerating in Louisiana as well as all across the nation. According to a new report from the American Library Association, there have been “an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books,” more than any time in recent memory.

Shall we toast the 40th anniversary of ‘Cheers’?

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
‘My brother and I rarely saw eye-to-eye about TV viewing choices in our teens and twenties, but we were both among the handful of people who imbibed the hilarity of a sitcom that NBC unleashed upon an unresponsive world on September 30, 1982.
Jim Bradshaw

Jim Bradshaw

A promised parade celebrating paving

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
The first paved streets in a town were cause for celebration ─ of the end to mud in the winter and dust in the summer, and because they were the sign of a progressive community.
Karina Rafati, admissions counselor with LSU, talked with St. Edmund High seniors Tuesday

Karina Rafati, admissions counselor with LSU, talked with St. Edmund High seniors Tuesday

LSU Admissions Counselor at St. Edmund

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
Karina Rafati, admissions counselor with LSU, talked with St.
Sadie Sells, enrollment services specialist from ULM, gave a presentation to St. Edmund High seniors.

Sadie Sells, enrollment services specialist from ULM, gave a presentation to St. Edmund High seniors.

Representative from ULM at St. Edmund

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
Sadie Sells, enrollment services specialist from ULM, gave a presentation to St. Edmund High seniors. Students took an assessment quiz that connected them to programs of study based on their strengths, natural talents, and passions.
Outreach Social held at GoodHope Place Apartments

Outreach Social held at GoodHope Place Apartments

Outreach Social held at GoodHope Place

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
GoodHope Place Apartments tenants had the pleasure and opportunity to have an Outreach Social at the complex recently. The event and luncheon was sponsored and provided by the Southwest Missionary Baptist Association.
CFMA awards scholarships for college students

CFMA awards scholarships for college students

CFMA gives scholarships

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
The CFMA (Cajun French Music Association) gives away scholarship each year to college students. These winners of the CFMA scholarship will receive $250 for this fall semester and again $250 for next spring semester.
Great readers at East Elementary

Great readers at East Elementary

Great readers at East Elementary

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
Fourth graders in Mayria Ledet’s class at East Elementary are off to a great start towarding reaching their AR goal. From left, are Ava Cornely, Devin Johnson, Hayden-Lee Joseph, Joseph Joseph, Weston Holford, Krislynn Thomas, Matthew Richard, and Zayleigh Mott. (Submitted photo)
Hudson LaFleur

Hudson LaFleur

Birth Announcements

Myra Miller
Friday, September 23, 2022
Hudson LaFleur Stevin and Kathryn LaFleur of Basile announce the birth of their son, Hudson Willis LaFleur, born at Acadian Medical Center on Aug. 18 weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces.