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Friday, July 3, 2009
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Barbara Cerniauskas, Katherine Lastor and Michelle Begnaud advise people how to achieve a healthy weight as dietitians at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
So what do they do to stay slim themselves?
Writing well is how Lynn Lamousin, of Baton Rouge, makes a living. But when she decided to write badly, she fabricated a winner. Warm soil helps palms get established. Summer, through August, is a good time to plant them, but keep new palms well watered. “Here, nature and life follow a pattern that has gone so far out of style that it gets rejected in the editorial offices,” the great Russian author Anton Chekhov once wrote in a letter to a friend. It was Chekhov’s way of letting people know that what happened around his household wouldn’t be counted as news anywhere else. When Dr. Cris Mandry of Baton Rouge leaves in the next week for his third National Guard tour in Afghanistan, he won’t be packing a stethoscope. “My exact words were ‘Oh my gosh. Is this really happening?’ Something like that never happens to me. I’ve never really won anything important.” Listening on the car radio as LSU won the national championship game brought back some unexpected memories. Of course there were the memories of LSU’s amazing string of College World Series wins, including the one in which Warren Morris won with a dramatic homer. Fletch has been a healthy basset hound since his owner Yvonne Thomas, of Zachary, adopted him after he was abandoned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But a couple of months ago, Fletch, 6, began doing some odd things. Each week The Advocate asks a different “quiz taker” for his or her current favorites in pop culture. QUIZ TAKER: Margaret Tooke, 51, partner at the law firm of Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips. “We have over 70 lawyers and a great staff. It’s a wonderful place to practice law.” Depending on what kind of grass you have, your lawn may be doing better than you think this dry summer. Chic and cool seem to be the watchwords of the subject of this week’s “Style File,” where we catch people out and about. Rachel Henriquez insisted Sunday that she could still cha-cha, rumba and swing to her heart’s desire despite being seven months pregnant. ZACHARY — Instead of merely playing computer video games during the past week, 24 Zachary Community School District students spent lots of time learning the fine points of creating such games. LAFAYETTE When Barbara Alexander and Nancy Anne Rowe saw their plants die, it served as an ending and the beginning of a learning experience. Last year, Judy Holley served on a jury that convicted a man who had killed several people. Some children saw the killings happen. That got her thinking about helping youngsters who experience such trauma, and she wanted to help. Tickets are on sale now to win the 2009 Miracle Mansion, benefiting Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. Today The Advocate recognizes four Boy Scouts who earned their Eagle rank recently and another who earned his last year. Youth Calendar for June 28, 2009 Youth News for June 28, 2009 At least 125 children and their parents attended Charter Day Extravaganza in north Baton Rouge to learn about educational opportunities at eight charter schools in the state-run Recovery School District. This weeks events Pets in search of good homes. Health briefs for June 28, 2009 Families move into the Garden District and stay for generations. Take for example 5-year-old Michael Davis Alton and his 3-year-old brother, Isaac, who live with their parents, Joe and Emelie Kantrow Alton, on Olive Street, just two blocks from their grandparents, Mike and Jill Kantrow. The Academy of the Holy Angels Class of 1974 will hold its 35-year reunion on today and Sunday and will be celebrating the Mariantes of Holy Cross 160th Anniversary of teaching in Louisiana. An invasion is under way in the Baton Rouge area, but it is a good thing. Hundreds of young people from four denominations and dozens of churches around the U.S. are here on summer mission trips to help fix worn out or hurricane-damaged homes and churches from Gonzales to Baker to St. Francisville. |
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