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Fatsia is winning choice for your shady situations
Fatsia is a wonderful evergreen shrub. I have been searching for evergreen shrubs that would grow well in dark shade. In front of my house I have two huge Live Oaks. That should tell you immediate...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The case of the missing silver tray
When rummaging through some of her mother's belongings, Janet Kyser came across an old, but beautiful silver serving tray. Despite its weatherworn condition, she knew it must have been an elegant ...
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Melrose Arts and Crafts Festival
Sue and Van Davidson served as chairpersons for the 37th Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival, June 11-12. The event was sponsored by the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchit...
Jun 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Is Internet sex cheating?
Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted to posting lewd photos of himself to a woman on Twitter and then lying about it. Since, Weiner has become the butt of many jokes. Now, his wife, Huma Abedin, is rumor...
Jun 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's Your Line?
We lived in the 2300 block of East First Street, Austin,Texas. There was a store of some sort in every block. To the West was the small grocery where my mother traded. On the next corner was a...
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elephant Ears are perfect for Louisiana climate.
Elephant’s Ears are ideal for sunny or partially shaded areas
Elephant’s Ears-the name of this plant says it all. They are big and green and they look tropical. Do you have a sunny or partial shade location that you want to fill with a huge tropical plant? Th...
Jun 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gracie the duckling perches on her caregiver’s shoulder. When Paige Peoples took the orphaned hatchling into her home, her schnauzer, Cooper, immediately initiated a friendship.
Just Ducky: Orphaned duckling finds family that fits the bill
Instead of opening the morning paper to find murders, kidnappings and crime, how about a sweet news story about a rescued duckling? It is heartwarming to report such stories. Paige Peoples is...
Jun 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Betty Ann Jones, photographed in the mid-1940s, is affectionately known as “Midge” by family and close friends.
The ending of an era: Natchitoches bids farewell to one of its finest
By Rae Anne Firmin Natchitoches said farewell to a town fixture who has been around as long as the Christmas Festival. Betty Ann Jones moved to Houston last Friday to be near her children and grand...
Jun 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's your line?
Old pictures or paintings of ancestors are prized for a number of things, which include seeing possible resemblances to any of their descendants now living. For those who would like to know what ...
Jun 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Terry Lavall returned to NSU to instruct workshops for theatre and dance students. On front row, from left, are Kwame Lilly, Latreshia Stormer, Claire Cook and Lauren Waguespack. On back row are Eileen Peterson, NSU coordinator of theatre and dance Scott Burrell, Lavell, Sharla Mills, Blaire Pickett and Morgan Mosley.
NSU graduate shoots to stardom
NSU alumnus Terry Lavell remembers attending several workshops when he was a theatre and dance student. Working professionals from around the country would share knowledge and techniques with stude...
Jun 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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