Lifestyles
Butterflies are free
Butterflies were everywhere at the River Regions Arts & Humanities Council Members’ and Guests Tea on Sept. 30. […]
Month: October 2006
Lifestyles
Rotary clubs seek area professionals for goodwill exchange to Italy
Rotary club members of Southeast Louisiana and South and Central Mississippi are seeking outstanding professionals to visit Italy in June 2007 as part of the Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation. […]
Crime
3 years in prison for child porn
Shane Helds, 26, of 123 Ormond Village Dr., Destrehan, has been sentenced to five years in prison with two suspended after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. […]
Columns
Will business and industry go on the offensive for tax reform in 2007?
BATON ROUGE — It was a policy milestone for business and industry in 2004 when the state legislature approved a long-range phase-out of taxes on corporate debt and manufacturing equipment. […]
Columns
Ernest Hemingway said:
There has been a lot of motion, but little action when it comes to addressing the tax that people in Louisiana have been saddled with on their Homeowners’ Insurance policies to pay for the debt of the Citizens Fund Insurance. […]
Columns
The Katrina Factor meets politics
Two interesting sources of information came to light during the past week. One was the most scientific estimate made thus far on what is the true post-Katrina population of Orleans Parish. […]
Allen Lottinger
How could anyone dislike the Amish?
How anyone can pump bullets into the bodies of young Amish girls is beyond comprehension. They are among the finest people on earth. […]
Opinions & Responses
North Korea flexing its nuclear muscle
Strange that the very week South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Kimoon was nominated to head the United Nations, North Korea announced it conducted an underground nuclear test. That could be good or bad. […]
Health
3rd graders learn how to eat right so they won’t get fat
Childhood obesity is epidemic in St. Charles Parish just as it is nationwide. And that’s why the new “Smart Bodies” program for 3rd-graders is so important – it’s teaching kids how to eat right and make other lifestyle choices that will help them lose weight or stay slim. […]