Lifestyles

MiIitary Man

Up at dawn, in full gear and ready to run across the finish line of the Crescent City Classic, doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment for a military colonel who’s used to the physical fitness requirements of the job. […]

Lifestyles

Heather R. Breaux BLOG

Statistics show that as of December 2006 over 18.5 billion text messages were sent every month – and that number has grown by 250 percent each year for the last two years with experts estimating it to grow to 80 billion messages per month in by the end of this year. […]

Government

Accounting policies conform to accepted principles

To the editor:
I am writing in response to the article that appeared in last week’s issue of your newspaper. Unfortunately, the attention-grabbing headline does not reflect the content of the article. It also does not reflect that the audit determined the accounting and reporting policies of the St. Rose Volunteer Fire Department do, in fact, conform to generally accepted accounting principles as applicable to governmental units. […]