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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Liz Pope always heard from family members that the high chest her grandmother had inherited was a fine piece of furniture, but she had no idea how fine.
Turns out, it was more than $730,000 fine.
It’s gotten to the point that I’m afraid to open office e-mail announcements for fear of learning that another colleague or colleague’s spouse has died. From the first sighting in 1699 of the “red pole” on the banks of the Mississippi River at the present site of Baton Rouge, Catholicism has played an important part in the history of the city. In this season of Thanksgiving, the United States should be thankful for its Christian heritage. That’s the view of the Rev. Russ Stevenson, the former longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge and current pastor of River Community Church South in Burnside. Women international conference breakfast: 8 a.m., Hilton Hotel, 201 Lafayette St., with Prophetess Jackie Harewood, of Baton Rouge, and the Rev. Victoria Griffeth, of Trinidad, West Indies, as speakers. Two LSU alumni brought their veterinary skills to a country recovering from years of civil war, dealing with an epidemic rabies problem and doing so with no veterinarians of its own. When a friend asked if I might have any items for her church rummage sale, I really doubted if I could help her. We met Mike Bourgeois years ago when the paper did the first local edible landscape story. Bourgeois now promotes, as a volunteer, edible memorials. A couple of Canadians cruised through Baton Rouge Tuesday morning in a 1985 RV towing a Toyota Corolla that’s been used as a trailer since the car’s motor burned up two weeks ago. Gary Augustine, 61, and Mike Conlin, 63, have been friends since high school. Augustine owns a golf course in Prince George, British Columbia, and the RV which he’s still breaking in at 60,000 miles. That’s after Augustine and Conlin drove from Winnipeg on their way to New Orleans. Their plan was to end the trip Tuesday afternoon at the obelisk that marks the end of ‘The Jeff” in New Orleans. I have seen my death, and it is by Virginia creeper. Maybe the fatal day won’t come for years, but I’ll be working in my garden, stop to rest and slip into a nap. “Being one out of 10 percent of the school is a big honor. People respect you for it. It gives you a sense of selfpride.” About Town for Nov. 19, 2009 The little boy, an autistic child living in a northern state, would have a “meltdown” every time he tried to put on his winter gear at school to go outside. Each week The Advocate asks a different “quiz taker” for his or her current favorites in pop culture. QUIZ TAKER: Bobbi Zaunbrecher, 56, CEO of the Louisiana Capital Area Chapter, American Red Cross. Given the opportunity to wish for anything, a 5-year-old boy with a rare liver disease said he wanted to build a time machine and travel back to see dinosaurs. When we stopped the subject of this week’s “Style File” at a luncheon, we got fashion advice doled out with humor. NAME: Genevieve Stewart, Baton Rouge Mary Burnett started writing letters to soldiers during Operation Desert Storm. Then, she joined Soldiers’ Angels, which sends overseas military personnel letters, blankets, baked goods and more. This week's events More than 4,000 teens die in car crashes each year and another 300,000 are injured, making car crashes the number one killer of teens, according to The Allstate Foundation. This week's events |
