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From left, Susanna Squyres, Martha Squyres and Mary Squyres hold some of the 70 stuffed teddy bears that the Modern Woodmen Youth Service Club presented to the Shriners’ Childrens Hospital in Shreveport.
Woodmen Youth Service Club has a very ‘Bear-y’ Christmas
The Modern Woodmen Youth Service Club met at Dollar Tree to purchase teddy bears for sick children. Employees at the local store were a little chagrined to learn that the club was there to purchas...
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Eulanee Parker celebrates her birthday with four generations of family members. Parker was Provencal’s first female mayor. Her husband also served in that office. On first row from left are Sawyer Nichols, Holt Nichols, Parker and Cristyn Nichols. On second row are Tracy Nichols, Patsy Nichols, Tricia Nelson, Melanie Robinson and Pat Parker.
95 year-old reflects on changes, political career
Eulanee Parker was born Dec. 10, 1917-- the same year the first woman, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, was elected to Congress. Rankin held political office three years before the nineteenth amendmen...
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From left, Kate Hatfield, Jane Scott and Jessica Scott get into the Christmas spirit at Magnolia plantation. There were refreshments, a decoration station, wire plantation toys, music and a presentation on herbs by Dawn Hendrix. Cane River Creole National Historic Parks will host another holiday event at Oakland Plantation Saturday, Dec. 15 from 1-4 p.m. Reverend Charley’s Patent Medicine Show will play and artist Elvin Shields will open the first furnished display of a slave/tenant cabin at Oakland.
Historic Holiday Happenings

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Sophia Maras’ collection is entitled “Multiples.” She incorporates mixed media, sculpture and installation. This piece, “Storage in a Different Place,” uses the repetition of cubes constructed with maps to explore larger themes of travel, place and belonging.
Transforming the Ordinary into ART
Somewhere in a back shed, Sophia Maras is collecting garbage bags full of plastic bottles and discarded grocery store sacks. “I’m like a bag lady, but I am not just trying to use them up, to expose...
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What's Your Line
Christmas Eve morning in the St. Andre household meant utter chaos for the next 36 hours. It was exhilarating, exhausting…….and insane. There was last-minute shopping for those evasive gifts t...
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Christmas is more than colorful distractions
I have many flaws. The greatest of which is that I am a fan of the University of Alabama. I am from the state of Alabama. I grew up thinking that Bear Bryant could walk on water; after all he ha...
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From left are Diane Doughty, Virginia Webb, Betty Coutee and Dallas Harris. Webb is a skilled florist and designer. She crafted the pine and apple centerpiece in the background. Melrose decorators use as much fresh material as possible. The house is adorned with greens, poinsettias, pecans and pinecone wreaths.
Deck the Halls

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Sampson, driven by Amy Hastings, was in the Festival of Lights parade. Another Natchitoches Carriage Company horse, Patrick, pulled the mayor’s carriage.
Horses find a home in the Natchitoches Carriage Company
By Amanda Franko-Tobin With cobblestone brick, wrought-iron balconies and clip-clopping hooves, the Natchitoches Carriage Company offers a southern alternative to the horse-drawn sleighs of “Jingle...
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Cookbook illustrators can take a bite of cash
Good students and good food, what’s not to love? The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts (GRFA) and the Louisiana Restaurant Association Education Foundation (LRAEF) are partnering to promote t...
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Scenes From The Parade

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