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From left, Sylvia Copper signs up Bonnie Pace for the first Weight Watchers meeting in 2013. Everyone was eager to continue their healthy journey or make a change for the new year.
Shaping Up and Slimming Down: Dieters find a community in Weight Watchers
I don’t giggle when I step on a scale. At times I groan, at times I smile, at times I shut my eyes, but giggling? Never. Not so for the members of Weight Watchers. The local chapter met Monday, th...
Jan 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's Your Line?
When the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame take to the field against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Jan. 7 to determine the collegiate national football champion, they will continue a storied history of tr...
Jan 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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God takes no sides in coffee orders or arguments
I have told you of my fear of Starbucks. I drink coffee, black. That is it. No bells or whistles, a simple cup of black coffee is all I need. The other day I was in Starbucks observing things. I w...
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Doris Whatley is the inaugural recipient of the Parks’ Spotlight Teacher Award. Her main reason for choosing teaching as a profession is her love of children. According to Whatley, “I liked school and I remember the special teachers who encouraged me. Because of these reasons, I wanted to share my love for learning with students and to encourage them to do their best so they will be successful in life as well as in academics. The thing that most keeps me teaching is the wonderful feeling that I get when my little ones’ faces light up because they have learned something new!”
Parks honors educators with spotlight teacher awards
Parks Elementary Middle School promotes teacher morale and a positive teaching climate with the bimonthly Spotlight Teacher Award. The award is sponsored by the School Climate Committee and is awar...
Jan 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Naomi Bush won first place for her plan.
Students style their success
The semester ended with tons of creativity and a dash of dreams when students from the Northwest Louisiana Technical College Cosmetology planned their ideal salons. Salon management is a portion o...
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‘Relax, retire and enjoy what time I have left.’ - Dan Stroud
New Year, New You: Residents weigh in on resolutions
Reactions to the word “resolution” are as varied as the ornaments hanging on a now out-of-season Christmas tree. Some roll their eyes, crinkle their noses and seem exasperated by the very thought....
Jan 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left are Amanda, Emily and Laura Franko-Tobin. Laura and Emily came to Natchitoches to spend Christmas with family. During their visit, the trio tried many outfits pulled from Stage’s sale racks. Despite Laura being Amanda’s fraternal twin, she refused to buy matching blue rompers.
Sisters take a shopping trip
Holiday spending is the weakest since the recession slammed the wallets of many Americans in 2008. Times are tough. Hurricane Sandy put many shoppers out of commission, consumers are cautiously an...
Dec 29, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Forget fear, life benefits from resolutions
Someone asked me what my New Year’s resolution was. I said, “To make Meg happy.” Meg is neither my editor nor my wife. She is my doctor. Each visit to Dr. Meg starts with a visit to her scales. I h...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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What’s Your Line? By Shirley A. Small-Rougeau and Sadie Maggio Dark
Christmas day has come and gone, but the season lingers on, especially here in the City of Lights. There are as many holiday traditions are there are families, and we as historians are always excit...
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Ms. Faith’s class at Kid’s Korner Day Care was expecting a lot for Christmas. Popular requests included dirt bikes, remote control cars, games and makeup. The class assured Santa that they had been good and asked for a Christmas mug for their teacher. Ms. Faith thought a new computer would also make a great present. On first row, from left, are Katie Bedgood, Ronald Bolton, Charity Marshal, Kim Anslem and Kayden Jones. On back row are Jordan Carpenter, Paris Fields, Ma’Kira Carpenter, Ella Thomakos, Theo Aristidou, Kenneth Rachal, Landon Cedars, Ethan Telsee, Braylin Brown and Chance Johnson.
All I wanted for Christmas was....
Spirits were high at Kid’s Korner’s Christmas party. Kids penned letters to Santa, practiced their good behavior and even unwrapped a few gifts. Ms. Faith’s class shared their high expectations fo...
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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