The Forum October 29 - November 11, 2014 Vol. XXVI, Issue V
A N O U T L O O K O N T H E C A N D I D AT E S , V O T E R S I N S H R E V E P O R T.

‘Serious IT Player’
Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC serves clients in 70 countries with information technology services. The company’s Integrated Technology Center will employ 800, it said in announcing the construction. “It will be an 116,000-squarefoot building,” Spohn said.

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Plan of Impact
BHP Billiton has come to the financial aid of some local organizations in the last 90 days by pledging funding of around a million dollars.

Business Briefs
Isaac Palmer was named Interim COO for CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier. Palmer joined the CHRISTUS Louisiana leadership team in June and has since contributed to the success of the CHRISTUS Louisiana ministries by leading several state-wide strategies.

Christmas on Display
“I don’t normally enter things like [the drawing] but I did because I’ve known [the Poo~Pourri product] for seven years,” Deb said. “It was pretty thrilling when you think about the odds of winning. I always feel pretty blessed with my life and the things that happen.

Honoring Ethics
“National Philanthropy Day’s goal is to celebrate and recognize those who give, volunteer and are charitable, and on this day we highlight those accomplishments,” Erica McCain, National Philanthropy Day chair, said. This year’s luncheon will be held 11:30 a.

Carrying the torch
“The goal of the Torch Awards is to recognize the businesses in our market that practice high ethical standards toward customers, suppliers, users, shareholders, employees and communities in which they do business,” Andrew Fisher, president/ CEO of Better Business Bureau of Central Louisiana and the Ark-La- Tex, said.

'The Cynic'
Overheard ... College kids can study anything today. The most popular is said to be alibiology..

‘How Film prize is supposed to work’
“True Heroes” follows a boy who brings to life epic battles and adventure with imagination and friends to escape everyday life until he meets an older gentleman who is a little rusty at it.

The Power of Sports Tourism
When was the last time you traveled out of town to attend your child’s high school playoffs? Did you stay in a local hotel? And while there, did you eat at local restaurants and shop? That’s the power of sports tourism; one sporting event can generate a strong impact for the local economy.

Our New Mayor
Downtowns across the country have been acting as catalysts for improvement, development and “cool” factor and we know our historic city center can do the same for our region. We also know it cannot become all we want it to be without the support of citizens, the business community and Shreveport’s new mayor.

Business Opportunities
We go to the fitness center to build muscle strength and flexibility. Research on the brain and how it functions and improves suggests we go to the “brain gym” to build the brain’s strength, flexibility and endurance. We used to think that a person’s brain capacity for problem solving and creativity was set by the time we are eight to 10 years old.

THE BIG FIGHTS
The biggest battles I have fought in politics have been over money. There was the threeyear-long fight in the 1980s to restore the Public Service Commission’s authority over the rates charged by Louisiana’s rural electric cooperatives.

Louisiana needs Landrieu
Here’s a heads-up for voters of all political stripes. President Barack Obama is not on the ballot on Nov. 4, but Louisiana’s future is. I can certainly understand if you are confused. It’s rare to see an ad for a Republican candidate that does not have Obama’s picture plastered all over it.

Marshal’s race
A little history first … the Bossier City Marshal’s Office long enjoyed the respected leadership of Marshal Johnny Wyatt before his untimely death.

Sweet Little Lies
You see, in a recent radio interview with MSNBC host Al Sharpton, President Barack Obama said it did not matter that Senate Democrats didn’t want him campaigning for them in their home states.

WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT MAYOR?
ov. 4 is Election Day. Voters in the city of Shreveport will elect a new mayor since current Mayor Cedric Glover is term-limited after serving two terms as the city’s first black mayor. With seven candidates on the ballot, it is likely that there will be a runoff for the city’s top job Dec.

BREAST CANCER
After a diagnosis has been made, a series of tests are given to determine the extent of the cancer, referred to as staging.

School Yourself
Based on the findings of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, a nationwide survey conducted among 19,000 households, only 12 percent of Americans were proficient in terms of health literacy skills and 36 percent had basic or below basic health literacy skills.

Neck and Back Pain
Unfortunately, most people who have one episode will go on to have a recurrence at some point. Sudden paralysis resulting from these episodes is fortunately very rare. Unlike heart disease or hypertension which can be silent killers, when spine conditions are problematic they have symptoms.

Healthy geezer
ranscranial Magnetic Stimulation, which was explained in a previous column, is a relatively new procedure that is used to treat moderate depression when medication and psychotherapy aren’t effective. During TMS, doctors place an electromagnet against your head.

Community Outreach
have scheduled total hip or total knee replacement surgery. The Willis-Knighton Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute offers participants insight into the joint replacement process, from preadmission planning to surgery, follow-up and rehabilitation.

at HOME
Haunting Looks.

Haunting Looks from the Past
An architectural masterpiece full of history, the historic Shreveport Logan Mansion has quite a story to tell, and it has been said that a child haunts the house that homeowners Billy and Vicki LeBrun purchased in 2005..

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A foodie’s feast
Many of these social media savvy mobile food trucks have developed urban followers that meet them at daily designated roadside curbs, or in the increasingly popular food truck courts where customers can choose from vendors serving everything from comfort foods to fine dining selections, not to mention dessert.

TALK of the TOWN
NOV 9: BENNETT SEWELL “A CELEBRATION OF LIFE” PORTRAITS OF “IT’S WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT,”.

Golfer’s Delight
Patrons are invited to come to the restaurant for an evening meal at their own cost but entrance to the event in the party room at the rear of the restaurant will be free and light Halloween-styled refreshments will be offered at no extra cost. For information, call 903-665-2310.

Camera and Computer
Chitty creates impressionistic masterpieces by combining his modern technological skills with an abiding appreciation and indepth knowledge of art history and the age-old techniques of the Old Masters, Monet, Renoir and particularly, John Singer Sargent.

On the Scene
–Mary Ann Van Osdell.