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Posted November 2011
Remember when you were in school and the art project for the month of November was to make one of those turkeys using an outline of your hand and writing a list of things you were thankful for? As we grew older, we no longer made a thankful list. We may have a mental note [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2011
What is this Taking It 2 The Street thing? It’s an idea…a dream if you will. It’s an opportunity for a community to give for the sake of giving and to have a lot of fun while doing it. We’re a bunch of local people volunteering our time and talent to put on a free [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2011
November serves as the official kick-off month to Natchitoches’ famous Festival of Lights season. Natchitoches’ Festival of Lights celebration officially begins on Saturday, November 19th with “Turn on the Holidays.” The event serves as an official “Louisiana Main 2 Main” event and will feature an entire day of free family entertainment, the official turning on [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2011
The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce is a nearly 100 year old organization that promotes economic growth for the citizens of our area. The Chamber fosters a business climate that supports business and industry through a wide variety of services and programs delivered through six divisions of the organization. The Chamber Divisions are Economic [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2011
The LaPine Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) celebrated Bosses’ Day on October 19th with the announcement of Larry Spottsville as the winner of the 2011 Executive of the Year award. Spottsville serves as the Director of Juvenile Services with the 9th Judicial District Court and has held this job since 1995. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted October 2011
The LSUA Foundation is pleased to invite the Central Louisiana community to support the second annual LSUA Foundation Scholarship Gala on Saturday evening, November 5th at the Alexandria Riverfront Center. This year’s event will feature guest speaker John Maginnis, LA Political entertainer, and the music of Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans. The [...]
Continue ReadingPosted October 2011
It’s that time of the year again, leaves are falling, pumpkins are on every front porch and zombies are everywhere! Saturday, October 22nd will mark the 3rd Annual Zombie Walk of Alexandria, presented to you by The Cenla Zombies Association. According to Wikipedia, a zombie walk is an organized public gathering of people who dress [...]
Continue ReadingPosted October 2011
My aunt, the youngest of five children, baby sister to my mother and one of the coolest people I know died of breast cancer when she was in her fifties. The best way to describe her was an adventurer. For many years, she worked for an airline and traveled every opportunity to she had. She [...]
Continue ReadingPosted October 2011
When the World Champion Saints go marching into the dome, one fortunate local woman, Maggie DeWitt, daughter of Bobby and Lisa DeWitt, will be in that number. Maggie excelled in three areas of competition to win one of the coveted 32 spots on the prestigious team. In addition to advanced technical dance skills, applicants were [...]
Continue ReadingPosted September 2011
In the world of fitness, a plateau is considered a point at which you no longer see results in your exercise efforts. It means that no matter how good the old routine was for you, no matter how much weight you lost, no matter how much muscle you built, that routine is just not going [...]
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