Louisiana's first Gavel Club charted in Ascension
A new organization has been charted in Ascension Parish, offering students 18-years-old and younger the opportunity to perfect their public speaking and work on skills needed for everyday life.The...
View ArticleLost in Suburbia: The eyelashes have it
I stared down at the package of false eyelashes lying innocuously on my bathroom counter. They looked like two creepy spiders vacuum-sealed in plastic. Nevertheless, they were certainly feathery, and...
View ArticleBreaking Bread: To connect intimately with people, cook them a meal
A friend of mine has a new man in her life.We had the typical exchange of details over how they met and where they went on their first date.Then I asked the question: "Have you cooked for him yet?"She...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: Fruit juice poses health risk when unpasteurized
Q: What is the difference between pasteurized fruit juice and unpasteurized fruit juice, and is drinking unpasteurized a risk to my health?— L.R., Columbus, OhioA: Pasteurization is the process in...
View ArticleGeaux BIG volunteer event led by Ascension women
Three Ascension Parish students took leadership roles this year in the annual LSU Geaux BIG service event held this weekend, and it will include flood recovery work from students.Geaux BIG is a...
View ArticleRegistration open for Miss Gonzales Jambalaya
The Jambalaya Festival Association proudly announces its 50th Annual Gonzales Jambalaya Festival and its 50 [...]
View ArticleSalute to Nurses: Experts’ advice to first-year nurses
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in Salute to Nurses 2017. Find the full magazine at http://gatehouse.morecontentnow.com/news/20170320/salute-to-nurses-2017-its-your-time.A career in nursing...
View ArticleSalute to Nurses: Up all night: Tips to help adjust to night shifts
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in Salute to Nurses 2017. Find the full magazine at http://gatehouse.morecontentnow.com/news/20170320/salute-to-nurses-2017-its-your-time.While the duties and...
View ArticleSalute to Nurses: The latest in nursing gadgets
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in Salute to Nurses 2017. Find the full magazine at http://gatehouse.morecontentnow.com/news/20170320/salute-to-nurses-2017-its-your-time.Handy gadgets can make a...
View ArticleSalute to Nurses: It’s your time: Group wants to double the amount of male...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in Salute to Nurses 2017. Find the full magazine at http://gatehouse.morecontentnow.com/news/20170320/salute-to-nurses-2017-its-your-time.As women are being...
View ArticleSalute to Nurses: Living Legends: Nursing group honors five for lifetime...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in Salute to Nurses 2017. Find the full magazine at http://gatehouse.morecontentnow.com/news/20170320/salute-to-nurses-2017-its-your-time.Compassionate, driven,...
View ArticleReligion News: Priest sex abuse panel to continue without victims
WEEK IN RELIGIONPope Francis' Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors will continue its work despite a second abuse survivor recently resigned from the panel. Irish abuse survivor Marie...
View ArticleNetworx: 4 potential problems with old homes
Either you love them to pieces or you just don't get what all the fuss is about. We're talking old houses — not just pre-owned, resales, or whatever they may be called — but old as in "built long...
View ArticleSimply Faithful: The in between
It happens to all of us, this in between. We aren't quite settled where we are, but we aren't sure what the next step is. So, we're in between.You know that tired, old phrase about how when God closes...
View ArticleDuplessis Primary honors staff
If you were to walk the halls of Duplessis Primary, you would see many vocations represented; educators, clerical staff, maintenance crews and child nutrition specialists.On any given day, you would...
View ArticleGoMS student council attend Youth Legislature
Gonzales Middle School Student Council members participated in Youth Legislature in Baton Rouge on March 20-21. Youth Legislature is a middle school program that introduces students to the legislative...
View ArticlePruning Workshop Held for AgCenter Agents and Master Gardeners
About 20 LSU AgCenter Agents and Master Gardeners met with Craig Roussel and Dr. Charles Johnson in the demonstration fruit orchard on the hill at Lamar Dixon on March 3 for a hands-on...
View ArticleBest area LGBTQ healthcare equality designation in NOLA
Baton Rouge Ochsner falls short of distinction. No Ascension Parish hospitals mentioned in report.
View ArticleTravel: Nature offers lots to see and explore in Okefenokee Swamp
FOLKSTON, Ga. — In large swaths of the Okefenokee Swamp, people once outnumbered alligators.No longer.The Okefenokee, in southeastern Georgia, is a rare and hopeful place where nature has begun to heal...
View ArticleTicket to Write: Mansion in Valdosta hearkens back to Old South
The Crescent, a neoclassical mansion in Valdosta, Georgia, seems about as far from the wilderness of the Okefenokee Swamp as a traveler can get. But it's really just an hour from Stephen C. Foster...
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