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April 23, 2026
HomeAuthorsDerek Clontz

Articles by Derek Clontz

Health

Enjoy a stress-free holiday with tips from a top psychiatrist

November 29, 2006 Derek Clontz

BOUTTE – You can avoid stress and sail through your holidays as a relaxed and happy camper with a psychiatrist’s “survival tips” for Herald-Guide readers who fuss and fret too much during the Christmas season. […]

Lifestyles

Pssssst! Read how to get FREE STUFF from the Council on Aging even if you aren’t all that old

November 29, 2006 Derek Clontz

HAHNVILLE – What baby boomers and sixtysomethings don’t know about the Council on Aging could fill a book – and executive director Margaret Powe thinks that’s a crying shame. […]

Health

23 weight-loss strategies for people with NO willpower

November 16, 2006 Derek Clontz

Dieting doesn’t have to be painful or an exercise in futility – here are 23 super tips that can help make yours easy to start and stick with. […]

Health

How fruits & veggies can be hazardous to your health

November 16, 2006 Derek Clontz

BOUTTE – The strawberry you spoon into your cereal each morning ought to be marked with a skull and crossbones because even though the luscious red fruit appears to be a healthy choice, it’s actually dripping with deadly pesticides that won’t wash off. […]

Business

The FACES of unemployment in St. Charles Parish

November 16, 2006 Derek Clontz

IT SEEMS that everywhere you go in St. Charles Parish there’s a “help wanted” sign on a window or door while able-bodied men and women mill around in front of convenience stores begging for money, sometimes wild-eyed and, on occasion, with an icy-cold beer in one hand – and a filter king in the other. […]

Lifestyles

Are YOU average? Read our story and find out

November 16, 2006 Derek Clontz

BOUTTE – You’re an average St. Charles parishioner if you’re: […]

Health

Beauty secret for every body

November 8, 2006 Derek Clontz

BOUTTE – You can learn to love your body – and look and feel like a million bucks at any size – with tips from Hanne Blank, author of Big Big Love: A Sourcebook for People of Size and Those Who Love Them (Greenery Press). […]

Lifestyles

St. Charles Parish Council connect water systems & build new homes 7-ft HIGHER

October 23, 2006 Derek Clontz

Linking east and west bank water systems by running a pair of 16-inch lines under the Mississippi River is a done deal now that the St. Charles Parish Council has voted to spend $4.6 million on the job that members originally set aside just $2.5 million to complete. […]

Spirit Weekly

‘Paradox of Our Time’: Comic didn’t write it, but everyone thinks he did

October 4, 2006 Derek Clontz

There are no guardrails on the information highway, and The Paradox of Our Time, a “think piece” featured on the Spirit Weekly page in our last issue, is an excellent example of how the Internet can create seeming realities that have no more substance than smoke or mist. […]

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