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Cold Warriors
Readings of 70 to 80 degrees warmed the region while temperatures in the negative teens in the northern Plains and upper Midwest were beginning to prowl southward. Beginning Feb. 10, temperatures got cooler each day, dropping below freezing on Feb. 13, staying there until Feb.

‘I Never Want to Boil Water Again’
When most of the region was shut down because of too much ice and not enough water, Bozz Baucum, the owner of Marilynn’s Place and Ralph’s Place in Shreveport, wasn’t. He was at work boiling water in his commercial crawfish rig to cook meals for teenagers at the Rutherford House.

Due Process Is Essential
During the early 1930s, Joseph Stalin was consolidating his power in the Communist Party and purging anyone that criticized him. He called them “enemies of the people” (that sounds familiar) and arrested them. During the peak of these purges, over seven million Soviet citizens were arrested, and millions more died in prison camps (or gulags).

ReForm Shreveport
“We got a fancy new tankless water heater when we moved into this house,” Lee said. “Turns out, tankless water heaters don’t heat water if there’s not enough water pressure. We went to wash dishes and wash clothes, and there wasn’t any hot water — and very little water at all.

Inspiration Through Art
Linwood Public Charter School recently got a minor makeover in the courtyard when a public art project called The Dreamers made its debut. The project was a collaboration between Linwood Intermediate Principal Starla Ross and S.C.O.R.E., Setting Children on the Road to Excellence.

Winter Storm Business Loss
While the snow has melted in the Shreveport- Bossier area, the resulting damages continue to mount. Some of these damages will be covered by insurance as a standard form insurance policy agrees to pay for direct physical loss of or damage to “covered property.

Road to Sainthood
he yellow fever epidemic of 1873 took a heavy toll on the city of Shreveport. Reports estimate Shreveport lost about one-fourth of its population to yellow fever. Now, a move is underway to honor five priests who gave their lives in service to Shreveport during those dark days with sainthood.

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Kevin Murphy, CFP© a Private Wealth Advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Shreveport, was named to the list of “Best-in-State Wealth Advisors” published by Forbes magazine. The list recognizes financial advisors who have demonstrated high levels of ethical standards, professionalism and success in the business.

Service Before Self
Except it didn’t make sense to Clark. “Not at all,” Clark said. “I didn’t have any idea that I would go into education. I had actually interviewed with Xerox and a couple of other companies. I really wanted to move and do the big corporate world thing in marketing – my undergraduate degree is in marketing.

And in This Corner…
“The Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission (SBSC) worked hard to accommodate USA Boxing, making adjustments to their schedule to meet our needs,” said USA Boxing Event Coordinator Taryn Cass.

LSUS Cannabis Program
Julie Lessiter is in charge of the Continuing Education Workforce Development programs at LSU Shreveport. Over the summer, local economic developers approached her with the idea of bringing a cannabis company – that is, legal hemp – to the area. They wanted to work with the university’s Cyber Collaboratory.

Take a Hike
I have always envied those people who could pull off a week-long retreat between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day to reflect on life and make any course corrections for the upcoming year. Little did I know my first opportunity to be like them would come in a fifth-floor hospital room.

Optimizing Vitamin D Synthesis
Dr. Sushil Jain, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at LSU Health Shreveport, has been awarded a three-year, $1.52 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project entitled Optimization of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels in African-Americans.

Convenience, Convenience, Convenience
Long before “convenience” became a buzzword in health-care marketing, Willis-Knighton Health System was focusing on it. Opening the first satellite hospital in Louisiana in 1983, the health system took health care into the suburbs in southwest Shreveport.

Affordable Fertility
Dr. John Preston Parry strives to keep costs low for families yearning for a child. He says the most important step is to get the correct diagnosis. “A lot of people are spinning their wheels and treating things that are the wrong source,” he said. Dr.

Infant Nutrition
Good nutrition in the early years, especially the first year, is crucial for your baby’s development. With all of the different foods, vitamins and minerals to think about, it may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it gets easier with time and practice.

Senior Dentistry
confined to a nursing facility can have a very difficult time seeing the dentist, but it’s more important than ever, according to Dr. Hermes. “They really need to be seen more often than less often, even though that’s usually more difficult for them. We like to see those people every four months rather than twice a year.

5 Easy Ways to “Spring Clean” Your Diet!
It is that time of the year again, where spring arrives, and we feel motivated to clean out our closets and dust our ceiling fans and light fixtures. We can implement this same plan into our diets. A change of seasons is the perfect time to rethink old eating habits, make healthy food swaps and get a fresh start.

Go Red for Heart Disease
The new initiative, Women of Impact, honors women change makers, dedicated to their communities and raising awareness of women’s No. 1 health risk, heart disease For decades, every February, communities across America join together to bring awareness to our nation’s number one killer: heart disease.

Growing out of the freeze
The risk of damaging frost is everpresent here in Louisiana. Most years, temperatures gradually decrease, allowing plants to acclimate or adjust to withstand the cold. If temperatures increase during the winter months, plants may break their dormancy and begin leafing out or flowering.

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APRIL 30 THROUGH MAY 2: DISNEY’S, THE LITTLE MERMAID JUNIOR EDITION..

WHO THE HELL WAS ABE RITMAN?
Let’s say that you are the Louisiana Restaurant Association in 1979. You are the governing body that ostensibly represents dining establishments in a state revered around the world for the exceptional quality of its cuisine.

318 Restaurant Week
318 Restaurant Week, a week-long culinary project of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, will return March 15-20. This event consists of six days of deals at Shreveport-Bossier eateries, offering dining patrons $10 lunch specials, $20 dinner specials, and various dining experiences at participating restaurants.