Networx: Fall lawn care: Tips and tools to simplify this autumn chore
What does the word "autumn" bring to mind? If it conjures up pictures of yourself slaving away at lawn care tasks, maybe you need a little attitude adjustment. Take a look at these seven tips for...
View ArticleSuzette Martinez Standring: Getting through this together
A person wrote, "What's the use of praying after all the killings and natural disasters?" In other words, shouldn't an all-powerful and loving God prevent horrors before they happen? If God sees all,...
View Article3 Things to do October 12
1. Creole Mourning Tour: From October 1-November 3 St. Joseph Plantation at 3535 Hwy 18 in Vacherie will be hosting its annual "Mourning Tour" featuring customs and rituals of 18th and 19th century...
View ArticleAscension Briefs October 12
K.C. Council blood driveThe K.C. Council 8342 will host a sausage and pork jambalaya cookout at St. John the Evangelist on HWY 73 in Prairieville. Those who donate blood will get a plate of Jambalaya....
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Tiger Pride
Team,I could not allow this day to go by without sending my personal thanks to ALL of you who made last night truly memorable. The number on the scoreboard hurts and it should when you invest yourself...
View ArticleLSU scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, in Livingston Parish detected the gravitational waves from two black holes colliding over a billion light years away.
View ArticleObesity and depression: They’re entwined, yet scientists don’t know why
About 15 years ago, Dr. Sue McElroy, a psychiatrist in Mason, Ohio, started noticing a pattern. People came to see her because they were depressed, but they frequently had a more visible ailment as...
View ArticleToday’s workout: Superman move strengthens your whole backside
How much time do you have to work out? Or better yet, how much time do you allow for your personal fitness? I suppose it is like anything else in your life: if you really want to do it, you make the...
View ArticleTravel: Wine amid the corn
NAPOLEON, Ohio — Autumn is a glorious time for wine lovers, especially those who like to travel and taste.The weather is crisp, the year's harvest is over, the grapes are happily fermenting, and the...
View ArticleTicket to Write: New books highlight sudsier side of Ohio
Small wineries continue to proliferate across this great, thirsty country of ours.These are boom times, too, for people who prefer sudsier fare. Two books recently published by presses at Ohio...
View ArticleLooking Up: Catch the Double Cluster next clear night
For a real treat, the next clear night, look for the Double Cluster, a pair of rich star clusters nearly in contact. With a dark sky, the Double Cluster is visible as a hazy patch with unaided eyes....
View Article10 things you should pray for daily (for the sake of your marriage)
Let God be part of your marriage.
View ArticleGonzales Garden Club studies ferns
Three GGC members displayed floral design niches for critique . . . The horticultural hint of the month is to use a half-strength fertilizer solution when watering newly planted cool-season bedding...
View ArticleHealthy communities for a healthier parish
The Assumption Parish LSU AgCenter and Assumption Community Hospital are working on building healthy communities one community at a time in order to help make the healthy choice the easy choice for all...
View ArticleMeet the Council: District 7 Councilman Aaron Lawler
Almost two years into his first term, recreation is still a priority for Lawler. He said it's one thing he believes doesn't get enough attention in the parish.
View ArticleDad tells daughter she's going blind; her five-word response made me ugly cry
This little girl was incredibly brave.
View ArticleMusic and the Spoken Word: Face the sun
There's wisdom in the Maori proverb “Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” When we let the past stay in the past and turn our attention to that which is bright and promising, our...
View ArticleFostering Hope brings puppy love home to cancer survivors
Once a week, dogs parade through the center greeting patients with kisses and wagging tails.
View ArticleIt Is What It Is: When is it time to let kids speak for themselves?
Well, it happened. My youngest daughter had her first college interview a few days ago. (I know, s--t just got real.) And along with it being a parenting milestone that left a golf-ball-size lump in my...
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