The Forum: March 16 - 29, 2016 Vol. XXVII, Issue XIV
MOVING AROUND ALONG THE MILLION DOLLAR MILE Line Avenue shopping district shines light on latest retail center, new businesses and fresh locations

STEEL IN STYLE
KISA bowties are made of lightweight steel fashioned with “just our hands and a pair of pliers,” Alexander said. Alexander and Brokenberry are the designers, marketers, models and makers of these unique ties. Both are fashion-conscience and each was wearing one of their designs as they gave a presentation at 1 Million Cups at Cohab.

Business Briefs
After a 41-year career in Broadcast Television, James Smith, vice president and general manager of KSLA TV, announced his retirement.

REMEMBERING CHUCK
My association with Chuck drew puzzling reactions from some of my Democratic friends. After all, Chuck was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative Republican, and his sharp pen often criticized Democrats from the national to the local level. I, of course, was a Democrat, so his views and mine often clashed.

THE RIGHT ROUX
This battle benefits Volunteers for Youth Justice, a nonprofit organization that holds a vision for helping at-risk youth in the community. For over 30 years, Volunteers for Youth Justice has helped thousands of children stay out of the juvenile justice system, and have advocated and intervened in the lives of many children in crisis.

SLICE OF HEAVEN
Favorite deli sides include the broccoli bacon bliss and the mandarin pineapple dream, Smith said. Other sides offered are potato salad, pasta salad, tomato and cucumber and potato chips. The shop has menus that includes calorie counts for its individual items.

SHARING HISTORY
Well-versed in traditional media of the paper and ink variety, the company puts much stock into digital outreach, into connecting with people through bits of social media messaging bouncing around at light speed.

STAYING COMPETITIVE
You know this as articulating your firm’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and then trying to leverage strengths and opportunities and neutralize weaknesses and threats.

LACK OF LEADERSHIP
But it’s a fair question given the fact many of the people “serving” in the Legislature have had those years to work together to correct the structural problems in how the state pays for its obligations and dedications, but consistently deferred this responsibility.

TWO PEAS IN A POD
Unfortunately, though, it is the unborn that have continued to lose. Even as the number of abortions are continuing to drop nationwide – 31,000 fewer abortions last year – and while 53 abortion clinics closed in 2015 alone, black children are still being aborted at five times the rate of white children.

MOVING AROUND ALONG THE MILLION DOLLAR MILE
The Line Avenue shopping district that runs through South Highlands in Shreveport has been a popular dining and shopping destination for years now. have continued to compete well with big retailers in other parts of town. Lately, there has been even more activity in this popular neighborhood as businesses have moved up and moved around.

HEALTHY DOSE of information
LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RECEIVES $1.63M GRANT Dr. Hong Sun, assistant professor of cellular biology and anatomy, has received a five-year National Institutes of Health grant totaling $1.63 million to investigate further the connection between light alcohol consumption and ischemic stroke.

ALTITUDE SICKNESS
Altitude sickness, or sometimes known as mountain illness, can be a common issue for both children and adults traveling to locations 8,000 feet or higher above sea level.

KICKING OUT THE SALT
“If the product claims 25 to 50 percent less sodium than the original, it could still be a high-sodium food,” Bowman said. Warning words to search for when scanning ingredients are mono sodium glutamate, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, sodium nitrate (or nitrite), sodium bisulfite and baking soda.

BUILDING STRENGTH
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability is focused on examining health disparities among adults with disabilities and is trying to help them achieve health benefits through increased participation in physical and social activities.

HEALTHY GEEZER
The most common procedure used for removing cataracts is called phacoemulsification. A small incision is made in the side of the cornea (the front part of your eye), where your physician inserts a tiny instrument that uses high-frequency ultrasound to break up the center of the cloudy lens and carefully suction it out.

TALK of the TOWN
MARCH 20-APRIL 29: “ALPHA & OMEGA: ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE GENERATIONS,”.

CASINO ATTRACTIONS
Riverdome doors open at 7 p.m. show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in the gift horse at Horseshoe or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

CRITICAL MASS
My criteria for Best in Show was focused on which artist, based on his or her chosen submission, had the most potential to produce a compelling, expansive solo exhibition this summer at artspace. Perhaps, because of the ascendancy of street art and immersive installations, large statement pieces are popular.

On The Scene
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On The Scene
–Mary Ann Van Osdell.