Lifestyles
Destrehan festival makes it official: Spring has … SPRUNG!
Vendors from as far away as Mississippi showcased their products at the Destrehan Plantation Spring Arts and Crafts Festival on April 21st and 22nd. […]
Month: April 2007
Lifestyles
R.K. Middle kids learn to put on REAL CIRCUS and YOU’RE invited to see them in ACTION!
R.K. Middle School has been looking a lot like a circus lately, probably because students are performing in a circus – the Circus of the Kids.
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Crime
Drag racing: new law will put hot rodders in jail for 180 days
A Louisiana state senator and the executive director of the state’s highway safety commission plan to launch an aggressive campaign to put an end to drag racing on public streets. […]
News
Surprise for Pope in Latin America: Catholics are ‘going Pentecostal’
What follows here is a thoughtful and fascinating overview of pentecostal history and politics in Latin America, one of three continents included in the The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life’s Spirit and Power, a global survey of pentecostal and charismatic Christians that was released just months ago.
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Editorial
How many Catholics does it take to outlaw partial-birth abortions?
BILL DONOHUE, president of the Catholic League, speaking about the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to ban partial-birth abortions: […]
Editorial
Don’t drink insurance Kool-Aid
Last January, Florida enacted sweeping property insurance “reforms.” Unfortunately, those reforms will do little to increase coverage or, in the long run, decrease the cost of property insurance. […]
Allen Lottinger
It’s good to see New Orleans EATERIES
It’s interesting to watch businesses re-open in New Orleans after suffering from the blitz of Hurricane Katrina. Such was the case when Camellia Grill welcomed customers a few days ago on Carrolton Avenue near its bend into St. Charles Avenue near the river.
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Opinions & Responses
Airline Highway canal still a danger
One danger spot has existed in St. Charles Parish for many years and nothing has been done to eliminate it. It is the deep roadside canal along Airline Highway in the vicinity of I-310 crossing. […]
Editorial
Community values can stop another Va. Tech massacre
When I was a boy, like most children, I was into everything and everybody’s business. […]