The Forum Feb. 17 - March 1, 2016 Vol. XXIX, Issue XII
YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR THE SPRING.

Business Briefs
Dr. Phillip Rozeman was inducted as the 2016 Chairman of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 28 during the 106th annual meeting at East Ridge Country Club. Rozeman is founder of the Alliance for Education, Shreveport-Bossier Business Alliance for HigherEducation Rozeman.

BOSSIER IN BUSINESS
Valveworks USA is a global manufacturer of API 6A gate valves and wellhead systems. Since founded in 1994 by Roberts, Valveworks USA has grown to have one of the largest, most comprehensive product line of API 6A gate valves and wellhead systems of...

Promoting Transparency
“The investors are interested in those things that differentiate companies, they want to invest in companies that they can have a lot of confidence are going to do the right thing, they’re going to be out there practicing good safety, good...

Digital Sweets
Organized in 1912, the female-empowering Girl Scouts began selling cookies as a way to raise funds for their troop activities in 1917. Today, the cookie sales are a multi-million industry, said Erin Turner, communications/ PR director with Girl Scouts of Louisiana –.

MEDIA MADNESS
I have a daily ritual. If possible, at 5:30 p.m. every day, I sit down with a rum and coke with a little cherry juice added in to watch the national news followed by the local news. After that hour is over, I am either depressed, angry or befuddled. Sometimes all three.

‘Verge of Transition’
As this is a year of elections, seeing another one surface shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. But a challenge to the seat held by Judge Jay Caraway on the Second Circuit Court of Appeal is a surprise given the overwhelming esteem in which he’s held by the legal community and beyond.

Tall Tales
Many fictional writers say if you leave these key characters out of your story you will risk losing your audience, altogether.

biz SCENE
The Bossier Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual gala Jan. 28 at the CenturyLink Center, where top businesses and business people in Bossier City were recognized. The Business Person of the Year was Mike McSwain, the Small Business of the Year was Gumbeaux Productions, and the Business of the Year was Valveworks USA.

'The Cynic'
Have you noticed? Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money?.

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The Great Divide
Debate has endured for years as to what should be done to bridge the gap that interrupts Interstate 49, and conversation has heated up again with a series of public comment sessions held in late January.

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ACTIVE IN SCHOOL
since been a part of the school day, but research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers an enlightening perspective of the benefits that exercise has for school-aged children.

FOOT WORK
“Footique offers a private, by-appointmentonly setting that allows clients to feel comfortable when they are challenged with foot issues,” Johnson said. “Footique also uses Footlogix products, which are formulated to treat specific foot issues and provide lasting results.

ZIKA VIRUS
While this virus was first discovered in 1947, it was only the cause of small and sporadic outbreaks in Africa and southeast Asia prior to 2007. Since 2007, the virus has slowly marched across the South Pacific Islands, and it reached South America in 2013 or 2014.

LONG-TERM CARE
Long-term care is the support and assistance needed for hands-on care called activities of daily living, which include assistance with bathing, dressing, using the restroom, grooming, transferring, ambulation and eating.

HEALTHY DOSE of information
Health Shreveport-Bossier announced it will begin offering the Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation program to help fight cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer in Louisiana. Pritikin ICRTM, a comprehensive lifestyle education program of diet, exercise, and promoting a healthy mind-set, will now be offered to cardiac patients who qualify.

BRCA TEST
Some women carry certain genetic changes in their BRCA genes that increase their risks for getting breast, ovarian and other kinds of cancers at a young age. BRCA stands for BReast CAncer susceptibility gene. There are two BRCA genes: BRCA1 and BRCA2..

DRY NEEDLING
Typically, the needles that are used are very thin, so the patients don’t usually feel the needle penetrating the skin. However, once the needle proceeds ahead into the muscle, the discomfort level varies. It may be more intense for some patients than others.

HEALTHY GEEZER
In the years since water pills were the drugs of choice for hypertension, the pharmaceutical companies have developed a variety of medicines to keep your pressure in check in ways that are different from the mechanism of diuretics.

TALK of the TOWN
Cole Swindell will play at the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium March 20. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.General admission. Tickets are $29.50 and will be $33.50 the day of the show. FEB. 19: DIANA ROSS,.

‘SHEAUXING’ THE BEST
“Best in Sheaux brings together the best of the best – 15 worldclass dogs competing for the title of Best in Sheaux and a spot in our annual Robinson’s Rescue calendar, first-class cuisine and priceless auction items,” Dr. Andrea Everson, president and medical director of Robinson’s Rescue, said.

DINING IN THE DARK
The first of its kind locally, the Louisiana Association for the Blind’s Dining in the Dark event will provide attendees with the chance to eat a meal without using their sense of sight, and experience what life is like for the blind and visually impaired.

On the Scene
–Mary Ann Van Osdell.