The Jambalaya News - 08/28/14, Vol. 6, No. 11

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August 28, 2014 • Volume 6 • Issue 11

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On cover: LaGrange Gators

COVER STORY 24 The Foundation for Fairplay

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REGULARS 5 We Are SWLA! 7 Hospital Roundup 8 The Dang Yankee 8 Adoption Corner 9 Tips From Tip 10 Huntin’ Tales 12 Soul Matters 13 Stir Dat Pot 14 A Ruff Life

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FEATURES 18 School Supplies and Current Demand 20 Healthy School Lunches 22 Sports Injury Risk and Prevention 23 Youth Sports Injury Statistics THE SPICE OF SWLA 28 Event Guide 30 The Genius of Noel Rockmore 31 Family Fun Night at the Movies 32 Red Hot Books 34 Nightlife Guide 37 Lake City Beat!

39 Lake Chuck After Dark: Oh, Rhien Interview 40 Society Spice 42 High School Football Schedule 43 Funbolaya

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A Note From Lauren Princess Emma door is closed and the baby I recently spent a wonderful long weekend in Arizona visiting my family. The day I arrived, my Aunt Gloria and Uncle Ricky Visco celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary. A few days after that, Gloria turned 93. What milestones!

These loved ones are poised at the very end of their lives, and others’ journeys are just beginning. I also met Miss Savannah Rose, two months old, for the very first time. Their greatgranddaughter. The circle of life.

In between, there are Savannah’s grandparents, Karen and Charlie, now retired and dealing with some health issues, but enjoying life as much as they can. And Savannah’s parents, Joy and Ryan, who are at the stage of their lives where they’re handling crying children, sleepless nights and crazy work schedules.

And then there’s Emma Grace.

Emma will be three in October and is Savannah’s big sister.

Golden-haired and blue-eyed and beautiful, she’s a force to be reckoned with. She’s saucy and super smart and just a delight to be around. You never know what she’s going to say or what she’ll do next.

She wears her parents out

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because she never stops moving and refuses to nap, and bedtime is an ordeal because, of course, she also refuses to sleep. But for a visiting “auntie,” who doesn’t have to deal with all of the mundane aspects of raising a child, she’s perfect.

Like a lot of little girls, I guess, Emma is obsessed with all those Disney Princesses out there, and has a wardrobe of Princess gowns and pajamas and crowns and who knows what else. Her favorite Princess at the moment is “Sofia.” I’d never heard of her, but she’s a big star on the Disney Cartoon Channel and Emma made me sit down and watch an episode with her. Of course she’s seen them all a hundred times, so she would tell me in advance what would happen. “She’s going to get stuck!” “The truck is coming!” “They’re going to save her!”

When she watches her cartoons, her big blue eyes get bigger and she completely gives herself over to whatever is happening on the screen, as if she becomes a part of it.

This Princess obsession carries over into bedtime. Emma gets tucked in with a bunch of Princess dolls and a story and a song. Then the lights go out, the

monitor comes on.

I think Emma must know she’s being filmed. It’s her cue to start her nightly theatrics.

She’ll be quiet for a few minutes, and suddenly she’ll leap out of bed and burst into song.

“Let It Go” is a big favorite, of course. Occasionally, she’ll climb up on her night table and sing to an imaginary audience, complete with arm gestures and dramatic poses.

She also carries on long conversations with---well, who knows? Needless to say, she’s very busy at night. But that’s a lot better than the tantrums, which also occur. One night, Joy videotaped a middle-of-thenight Emma meltdown. So the next day, I decided to have some fun.

“Emma, did you sleep well last night?”

She nods.

“Really? You didn’t wake Mommy up?”

“No.” “Then what’s this?” (I turn on the video.)

Emma looks at it and blinks.

“What’s this, Emma? Why are you doing this? Only babies do this!”

She starts getting nervous.

When she answers, it’s in a highpitched voice that is not her usual voice.

“Only babies do that! I didn’t do that! Babies do that!”

“But that’s you, Emma!”

Emma looks away for a moment, wondering how she’s going to get out of this one. Then she smiles.

“Do you like my new bathing suit?” she asks.

She should be a politician.

Lauren de Albuquerque

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Daniel Frick Awarded CFA Designation Daniel Frick, an investment advisor and financial planner at Financial Management Professionals, was recently awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Frick is also a Certified Financial PlannerTM. According to the CFA Membership Directory, Frick is the only financial advisor in Lake Charles with Daniel Frick the CFA charter and one of only three financial advisors in Louisiana with this highly respected designation. After working for Merrill Lynch for over five years in Houston, Dan moved to Lake Charles to join Financial Management Professionals.

Family Foundation Receives Endowment New McNeese Tennis Coach Former Texas Christian University standout and ITF Pro Circuit competitor Helena Besovic is the new McNeese women’s tennis coach. Besovic comes to McNeese from the University of Missouri. In her third season with the team, Besovic was named associate interim head coach and helped guide the Tigers to an 11-8 record and an appearance in the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Championships. A native of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Helena Besovic Besovic graduated from TCU with a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations and Spanish in 2007 as well as a master’s degree in Spanish from Missouri. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate’s in Spanish Literature.

City Savings Bank Donates to McNeese City Savings Bank presented a $15,000 donation to McNeese State University for the City Savings Bank and Trust Scholarship established through the McNeese Foundation.

The Family Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, the endowment arm of Family and Youth Counseling Agency Inc. received an endowment for $5,000 from John and Cindy Surles. The endowment, which will benefit Family & Youth’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, was established in honor of CASA Volunteers, who speak in court for a child’s best interests. For more information, call (337) 436-9533 or David Duplechian, VP of Advocacy of Family & Youth, Cindy Surles,and Julio Galan, President and CEO of Family & Youth. go to www.fyca.org.

Robert Mendelson, Jr. and Steven Rice Achieve Circle of Success Recognition Robert Mendelson, Jr. and Steven Rice with Ameriprise Financial have qualified for the company’s annual Circle of Success annual recognition program. To earn this achievement, Mendelson and Rice established themselves as two of the company’s top advisors by consistently demonstrating exceptional commitment to financial planning and superior client service. Only a select number of highperforming advisors earn this distinction. For more information, visit ameriprise.com.

From left: Robie Touchette, City Savings Bank president, Richard Reid, VP for university advancement, Babs Bloom, City Savings Bank COO, and John Marcello, City Savings Bank chief lending officer. McNeese Photo Vol. 6 • No. 11

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Shane Liggio Earns Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) Designation Shane Liggio, CFP®, CPA, CLU®, Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual of Lake Charles has earned the Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) professional designation from The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA. Liggio holds a Bachelor of Science degree from McNeese State University and is in his 17th year with Northwestern Mutual.

Shane Liggio As a Wealth Management Advisor, Liggio helps clients build and execute financial plans focused on achieving their most important goals and dreams at every stage of their lives.

Angie Manning Earns CDME Designation

Angie Manning

Angie Manning, communications director of the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently earned the Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) Designation along with 27 additional Travel Industry Professionals. It’s the only integrated executive program specifically designed for the Destination Marketing industry and is recognized as the highest educational achievement for destination management professionals.

Leonard’s Food Quarters Wins Best Crab Dish Award Chef Marlon Fuselier of Leonard’s Food Quarters was awarded Best Crab Dish at August’s Arts & Crabs Fest, hosted by the Arts Council of SWLA and the Lake Charles/SWLA ConvenArts Council Executive Director Erica McCreedy, tion & Visitors Bureau.

Jamie Fuselier of Leonard’s Food Quarters, and Arts Leonard’s Food Quarters, Council Board President Mindy Schwarzauer. Photo along with eight other

by Parker Brand Creative local restaurants, served their own spin on the event’s crab theme, and the public voted Leonard’s Food Quarters’ crab seafood dressing as the best dish of the event.

Arts & Crabs Fest annually celebrates local cuisine and culture by showcasing the talents of local chefs. For details, call the Arts Council at (337) 439-2787.

Amos Orr Named One of 30 Future Leaders of Destination Marketing Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), along with founding program partner SearchWide, and supporting sponsors IMEX and USAE, selected Amos Orr, of the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau for its renowned “30 Under 30” program. In its fourth year, this Amos Orr program focuses on identifying and developing the talent of destination marketing professionals, 30 years of age and under, through increased access and exposure to industry networking and thought leadership.

Police Juror Tony Guillory Appointed to National Subcommittee Calcasieu Parish Police Juror Tony Guillory has been appointed Vice Chair of the Housing Subcommittee for the National Association of Counties. The subcommittee is part of the Community and Economic Development Steering Committee. Locally, Guillory is the vice president of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and represents District 4. In addition, he is the chair of the Alcohol Review Committee and serves on the Agenda, Public Works, Personnel Policy Review and Ways and Means committees.

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SOWELA Chancellor Neil Aspinwall Accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Answering an earlier challenge by Dr. Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, SOWELA Chancellor Dr. Neil Aspinwall endured a five-gallon dousing of icecold water to bring awareness to research and cure of ALS (often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease). Mr. Tim McCarty, President of the SOWELA Faculty Senate had the honor of pouring the ice water over Dr. Aspinwall as faculty stood by and cheered. For information about SOWELA and its programs, visit www.sowela.edu.

SOWELA Chancellor Dr. Neil Aspinwall (seated) takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge as Tim McCarty, president of the SOWELA Faculty Senate, pours the ice-cold water.

about the YourCHRISTUS patient portal or CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital, visit christusstpatrick.org.

CEO of WCCH Named Fellow of Professional Society

Memorial Welcomes Clifford Courville, MD Memorial Medical Group welcomes Clifford Courville, MD, a fellowshiptrained pulmonologist. He will join Drs. Robert Broussard, Manley Jordan, Gary Kohler and Ben Thompson on the staff of Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana, located at 2770 3rd Avenue, Suite 110 in Lake Charles.

Dr. Courville received his bachelor’s of science degree from LSU A&M, where Dr. Clifford Courville he graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. He then graduated from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. A member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society, Dr. Courville diagnoses and treats a variety of diseases and conditions of the chest. For more information, call Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana at 337-494-2750.

CHRISTUS Health Launches New Online Patient With its launch of a new patient portal program, called “YourCHRISTUS,” CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital now offers patients the option to access their health records online, through the website, www.YourCHRISTUS.org. Patients over 18 with a valid email address who have spent a night in CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital can use the secure, web-based tool by registering for a secure patient portal account, which begins during the hospital admission process.

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Janie D. Fruge, FACHE, chief executive officer of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development.

WCCH Recognized as American Heart Association Fit-Friendly Worksite

Janie Fruge

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital (WCCH) has once again been recognized as a Gold-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association for helping employees eat better and move more.

The Fit-Friendly Worksites program is a catalyst for positive change in the American work force. Recognition is a critical component of the Fit-Friendly Worksites program. Employers that join this program qualify for official recognition by the American Heart Association For more information about the Fit-Friendly Worksites program, visit startwalkingnow.org.

Dr. Cascio Named to LHSAA Advisory Committee Dr. Brett Cascio, an orthopaedic surgeon with Orthopaedic Specialists, a part of the Memorial Medical Group has been named to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Cascio is the medical director of Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine, which provides athletic trainers to all Calcasieu Parish high schools. Memorial’s Foundation for Fairplay has also raised thousands of dolDr. Brett Cascio lars for unique programs that focus on young athletes staying healthy for success after high school sports.

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Quiet as a Dog There are many ways that dogs come into our lives. Some come from breeders, others from pet stores. When we were kids, my sister once won a puppy at a carnival. When she brought it home, we considered it a major upgrade from the goldfish we’d scored at previous carnivals. But now, looking back, I don’t know what made us think we could take care of a puppy, considering the fate of those goldfish.

We weren’t exactly what you’d call marine biologists.

It took all these years for me to finally decide to give it another go. With dogs, I mean.

The only goldfish that interest me these days are the ones that you find in the supermarket snack aisle. And my wife won’t let me have those, as they have too many ingredients that she can’t pronounce.

This time, I decided to forego the carnival route and

instead adopt a rescue dog.

I’m not that good at carnival games anymore. By the time I’d finally won, I’d have forked over enough cash to buy a thoroughbred racehorse.

Never having visited an animal shelter, I was unprepared for the reception when I walked in. Not from the people, I mean, but from the dogs.

If Metallica ever played at an animal shelter, you’d have trouble hearing the music over the yapping of the dogs. Each one seemed to be trying to outbark all the others, I suppose through some twisted facet of dog logic whereby they believe it makes them more attractive candidates for adoption.

Well, that logic didn’t work on me, but then again, I’m not a big Metallica fan. For all I know, folks who like heavy metal music may be quite fond of dogs that bark at the decibel-level of a jet engine. I’m

more of an acoustic folk guy, though, and so I went for the one dog that kept his yap shut.

I was hoping that the adage about humans, whereby the quiet ones always turn out to be the axe murderers, didn’t apply also to dogs. But if it did, I figured that I could keep my axe locked in the shed, just in case.

The shelter volunteer told me that the dog I selected was named “Buster.” She led Buster out into the yard so that he and I could get acquainted. There, things went just as I they did when I was meeting girls during my single years. That is, he wouldn’t let me come near him.

Fortunately, I’d brought some pieces of sausage, which did the trick as far as warming him up to me. This is one advantage that dogs have over women. Women don’t respond well to sausage as an entice-

ment. For some reason, they prefer things like diamonds— something that most young single men can’t afford, unless their family name happens to be Trump. But with a dog, you can put the Hope Diamond down in front of him next to a Slim Jim, and he’d go for the Slim Jim every time, guaranteed.

The bonding process was complete. I felt like we were made for each other, and Buster seemed happy with his new sausage dispenser. I wrote the shelter a check, slipped a collar and leash on Buster, and merrily led him into the back seat of my pickup. This, by the way, is also something that doesn’t work well with girls.

Don’t ask me how I know.

Mike McHugh’s column has appeared in the Jam since 2009. You can follow him on his blog at thedangyankee.com or on Twitter @dang_yankee.

Featured by LAPAW Rescue Contact us at www.lapaw.org Meet our boy, Carter! This sweet guy was adopted as a puppy but was returned after five years due to the death of his adopter. The friend of the family who returned Carter noted that he is a great dog who is very protective of his home and family. This 6-year-old shepherd mix weights about 40 pounds. He would prefer to be an only boy with a big, fenced yard. He is hap08 August 28, 2014

piest when he is outside and has added “snake scout” to his talents.

Currently living in the country, he has bravely found and killed two!

He loves long walks and car rides and would love to be your new best friend. Having finished heartworm treatment, he is ready for his new “forever” to begin. For more information or to arrange a meeting with Carter, call or email: (337) 478-7294; lapaw@bellsouth.net. Vet check and home visit required prior to all adoptions.

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Militarizing the Police Public safety is a huge concern for all of us. I have been an ardent supporter of our law enforcement bodies all my life. As a teenager, it was not uncommon for my group of friends to routinely stop by and visit with the police, who always seemed to have our back and treated us with great respect. Americans have historically viewed law enforcement agencies as those that “Protect and Serve.” The trend of militarizing our police has raised a very ugly head recently in Missouri. Thankfully it did not happen locally, but we do see enhanced use of SWAT-type units on Southwest Louisiana television.

There is a change in mentality when military equipment is used for police purposes.

Obviously, the police need the tools to protect and serve not only the citizenry but to keep themselves safe in the process.

In the aftermath of Ferguson, there have been calls for keeping military equipment and tactics to the armed forces and returning to more routine policing for the state, parish and local entities. Do local police really need grenade launchers, tanks and armored personnel carriers? I think not, but body cameras could help.

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ings on some of the tactics that seem to more than stretch the Constitution. The post 9/11 mentality has allowed the lessening of protection of some basic Constitutional Rights in the pursuit of fighting terrorism, but we are lessening the innate freedoms that we have always been able to take for granted. There is a distinction between respect for and fear of those that enforce the laws we live by.

ating the maintenance prescriptions you take regularly so you can determine which provider program will cost you the least.

Many pharmacies will do this for you if you aren’t comfortable with a computer. You simply type in the medication you take, along with the strength and dosage; the process ends with a list that displays which alternative Part D program will cost you the least. It will display the premium, the co-pay, the exclusions (if any) and which phar-

macies are “Preferred” in all the programs for your area.

It can literally save you hundreds of dollars by selecting the one that is right for your needs.

Some have higher monthly premiums that have lower copays, but you need to find the provider and program that will best suit you. Husbands and wives do not have to have the same program. So, don’t sit back and renew the provider that you currently have without checking what else is available.

Check Your Bag at the Door Some businesses, with ample reason, have a policy of requesting customers to check their large purses, backpacks and bags before shopping.

This is an obvious method to diminish shoplifters’ ability to stash unpaid merchandise and exit the store, costing you and me higher pricing in the goods we purchase honestly. I recently saw a woman slip two bottles from a liquor display into a gym bag at a local supermarket. I tried to alert management but she had exited the store before anything could be done. In a chain pharmacy, I was standing at the register when a young man went past the line and out the door with something under his arm. The checker said it was routine; they didn’t even bother calling the police anymore as nothing seemed to get done.

There is no free lunch and these losses must be recovered.

It is unfortunate that measures like these prohibitions are necessary.

Medicare Part D For seniors on Medicare, each October brings the opportunity to evaluate your prescription drug portion, know as Medicare Part D. Medicare has an online method of evaluAugust 28, 2014 09

Sweet Dreams For 20 years, in late August, there was a hummed promise in that first waterfowl season cool front signaling relief for us all. It was then that I would take my Cameron Parish preteal season marsh jaunt. I’d mud boat chug chug down the trainasse, churning a khakitopped wake.

With no one to hear, I’d sing at the top of my voice (no disrespect to the Eurhythmics’ Annie Lennox): “Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree, I travel the marsh and the seven bays, everybody’s looking for something…” It was my sentimental journey and what a mystical voyage it was.

My spiritual trek began in that same marsh trail with my dear friend from South Carolina, Bob Phipps.

He’d hunted all over the world but Bobby almost had his life ended that day. Churning down the Q-Beam-lit trail in the pre-dawn darkness, we so startled a leveenestled six point deer that he leapt across our bow. With a frightened yelp, Bob dove down.

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tried not to laugh. I really did.

Next, I took the cut out of the marsh trail to the blinds and encountered blind #2, our first blind (numbering via Dr. Alan Lacoste). Glen Bergeron and David and Ray Thibodeaux gleefully shot 30 pintail drakes there. Back in the day, pintail drakes were 10-point birds. Alan had changed his mind about our hunting there opening day. Did he listen to his ever-faithful guide? No, he had to hunt Old #1. Best blind in the marsh, but not that day.

Old #1 is an island in a brown gold sea of millet and wild rice. It was here that the Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) head

of cardiology at Houston Methodist claimed lodge lore with his chocolate Lab Lucy.

As a surgeon, he was superb but alas, as a dog trainer, he was a klutz. Lucy, some 80plus pounds of frolicking canine, managed to destroy my blind marsh grass cover in just one hunt. I returned after the hunt and repaired the damage. By mid-hunt the next day with Doc and Lucy, I’d had it.

“Doc, do something about that damn dog!” I said none too politely.

“But Roger, she means no harm,” Doc replied in that English boarding school accent I had only heard once before, and that was from Bob Phipps. I expected any minute to hear, “I say, Old Boy.” Lucy completed yet another romp around the blind in the decoys and back again, devastating more arduously gathered saw

grass. Then she moved to my faux island’s edge and defecated. As I was about to launch myself out of the blind, Doc finally spoke up.

“Lucy, you insolent bitch.

Cease that activity immediately!” he said in pure boarding school-ese. I swear to this day that she smiled. I just laughed.

Another nap missed to fix the camouflage at a blind.

Of course, there’s #3 where present Police Juror Hal McMillan, back in his guiding days, awakened a trying-tohibernate alligator by stepping in its hole and on it. If Hal claims he can walk on water, I’ll back him on it. At least to his coming real close to it, escaping one pissed-off gator.

My tale, “The Perfect Hunt,” took place at #4. Charles Donaldson, Wayne Walker, and I had the dream hunt. It’s also where Victor Monsour took the picture that runs with this tale. Stories abound here, but none touches my heart as much as that hunt and Victor’s Christmas portrait gift to me.

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close to my face, he left powder burns and I still can’t hear well out of that ear. If I had not been a 20-year guide by then and knew to watch him, he’d have blown my head off.

Alan did not invite him back.

Up to #5: Dr. Carl Fastabend’s “Gentleman’s Blind.”

Since the ducks didn’t start coming in to the big open water area there until 9:30 or so, Carl often slept in and leisurely wandered out, often waving like a homecoming queen as we passed him coming out from our hunts. I was there one late morning when Carl hid the height-challenged Judge Hood’s coke crate height equalizer from him, effectively blinding John in the tall marsh grass. But John got payback via Carl’s literally hydrophobic Yellow Lab‘s performance as a non-retrieving waterdog. I, well, I knew better than to laugh. Then.

Meanwhile up at #6, if

you‘ve read my tale, “The Boys,” you know what having a fabulous hunt with my godsons Chad and Chris Crady meant then and still means to me.

There was no #7. To this day, I don’t know why. Ask Alan.

I finally made it up to #8 where Dr. Ken Harper and I killed 20 teal in 11 minutes. I can still see Prez swimming through the decoys for duck, after duck, after duck, after duck, after duck…

That’s what I saw on my yearly tour. These were and still are my own sweet real dreams. Humming: “Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody’s looking for something.”

Sweet dreams I have, indeed.

Reaching new heights...

Tom Miller of Lake Charles brings The Jambalaya News to the Great Wall of China!

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It takes real commitment and willingness to explore and to continue down this road.

Wisdom teachers appear in our lives when everything seems stuck. They are the ones who provide aid and advice when all appears doomed. They reflect the reality that we all have to learn.

Violent storms enter into our lives at different times that send us spinning out of control. Then all of a sudden, a wisdom teacher represents the bond between appears. They begin teachSeek your heart’s home ing rules of this new place, teacher and student, doctor The home of your heart’s preparing you for the tests and patient, God and man. longing and belonging The function of the mentor- and ordeals that lie ahead. ~Rumi The deep cave appears for ing guide is to prepare you to It takes courage to go you to enter into and seek face the unknown, to accept beneath the surface and your heart. This is where you the adventure. explore. will often encounter setThe wisdom teacher The call to adventure backs. You will be torn apart gives the hero the supplies, can come in the form of a by challenges, which allow knowledge, and confidence message, letter, phone call, you to put yourself back torequired to overcome his or dream, temptation, last her fear and face the adven- gether in a stronger form for straw, or loss of something the ordeal to come. precious. You get the idea. It ture.

You discover that you Who are the wisdom is usually delivered by a mesmust get into the minds of teachers in your adventure? senger. those who stand in your way.

Are they obvious to you?

Almost always, you will When you can understand In the past few months, a hesitate at the call. You are or empathize with them, the being asked to face the great- few new wisdom teachers job of getting past them gets stepped into my adventure. est of all fears, the terrible much easier.

A new wisdom teacher unknown. This hesitation The lesson recently walked into my life signals that the adventure and asked me to look up the of loving one is risky, the stakes are high, another is shown root of “inspire” or Greek and there is the possibility inspiree’: to affect, guide, or and finally underthat you could lose everystood. It is the key to arouse, breathing new life thing that matters to you. unlock the doors within into.

You will encounter many your heart.

Inspire is a BREAKwho convince you to remain You find yourself standing THROUGH...to explore safe right where you are in the deepest part of the inwithin. because the road ahead is All Scripture is inspired by nermost cave, the direct contoo dangerous. But you can’t, frontation with your greatest GOD and is useful to teach the call is so strong and has fear. No matter what you us what is true and to make already been set in motion. came for, it’s death that now us realize what is wrong in There is no going back. You our lives. It corrects us when stares back at you. You are are alone on this road with we are wrong and teaches us being brought to the brink only your intuition. Your of death in a battle with so to do right. refusal is pointless. much force. It is a force that God rewrote the text of You will encounter many you have never felt before. my life when I opened the wise people along this jourThis is when you must die ney. I’m calling them wisdom book of my heart to his eyes. so that you can be reborn, PSALM 18:24 teachers. A wisdom teacher

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transformed.

If anyone is in Christ, she is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 5:17 This crisis is a halfway point on this journey: the most secret place in your soul. Everything in the journey has led up to this point, and everything after is about going home.

You are the hero in your own story. You cheated death during the ordeal in the deepest cave and seized your heart that has been held captive. Now is the time to understand that only you can grant yourself the selfacceptance you require to get home and to be happy inside yourself wherever you are.

Your passion has been restored. For some reason, your instincts tell you that you can’t return home in the usual manner, but you’re ready to find a new way. This time, you’re prepared for the twist in the road back that may suddenly appear.

Everyone around you will notice that your behavior has changed and that you are no longer the same. You have been taken to the edge of death, clearly fighting for your life. You have discovered your own soul. Open your arms wide and welcome your soul with enormous love.

You can heal your life.

To book a Soul Matters Session with Nicole Shuff Arabie, call (337) 540-6573.

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It’s Tailgating Time!

How Y’all Doing?

Football season is upon us once again and that means one thing: tailgating! The good people of Louisiana take their tailgating to a level all its own. When I’m invited to a tailgating party, I’m usually told to bring only my appetite and a beer koozie. Even so, I feel as though I should bring something.

Most folks have chips to snack on while cooking and sometimes overlook dessert. That is why I show up with these two items: Louisiana Caviar and S’More Sandies. The Louisiana Caviar is one of the easiest dishes you’ll ever make and can be made a few days before if you’d like.

Tonya Meche Wants Your Recipes!

You’ve all enjoyed “Tonya Meche’s Kitchen” in every issue as she brings us quick and tasty recipes that have been passed down in her family. Now, Tonya is asking for YOUR recipes! Just email them to lauren@thejambalayanews.com. She’ll try them out in her kitchen, and if she likes them, they’ll appear in The JAM! So pull out those cookbooks and send some good cookin’ ideas our way!

Louisiana Caviar What You’ll Need 3-14 oz. cans of black-eyed peas 1-can of whole corn 1-1 pound jar of Chow-Chow 1-tablespoon of cider vinegar 3-cloves minced garlic 1/2-cup chopped green onion Salt and pepper, or your favorite season-all to taste.

What You’ll Do Drain the peas and corn and transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add everything else, mix well, cover and set aside. That’s it!

Serve with your favorite chips and or crackers. My friend Thomas Alleman loves this dish but always asks me to add a cup of shredded cheese to his. That boy eats cheese on everything.

S’More Sandies What You’ll Need Some nice French bread Marshmallow cream (store brand is fine) Nutella spread Soft butter Kosher salt Cast iron skillet

What You’ll Do Slice good thick slices of bread on the bias. Butter the outside of the bread and spread the marshmallow cream on one side and the Nutella on the other and place together. Fill the skillet and place on the grill. Lightly salt the bread. Let it toast on one side, flip and let the other side toast. Don’t walk away; you don’t want to burn them. Remove to a platter and dig in. They are always a welcome treat!

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Potty Training Your Dog Did you know that 96 percent of the time, when a dog is re-homed or surrendered to a shelter, it is due to potty training issues? I hear about potty training problems all the time, yet it really is one of the simplest things to teach a dog.

The following is an outline/breakdown of how to successfully potty train your puppy or dog!

1. The most important thing to understand is that dogs live in the moment, so unless you are there to witness it, you cannot stop unwanted behavior or reward good behavior. If your dog has an accident and you weren’t there to catch it, then there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. If you punish after the fact, the dog will think it is “in trouble” for what it is doing at that moment. The dog REALLY doesn’t even know it is in trouble, for dogs don’t have morals. They just know when you’re angry and when you’re not—they don’t realize they are the reason for your anger.

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him to fear you and his own feces or urine.

If you do catch the dog in the act, get his attention by saying, “Eh, eh” and redirecting to the appropriate location (outside or pad).

Immediately reward with a small, soft treat as soon as he relieves himself in the appropriate location.

Set your dog up for success. If you are unable to watch him 100 percent, you must confine him. This way, he does not have the ability to go throughout your home and make a mistake.

Dogs are naturally denning animals, so using a kennel to simulate a den is a great way to potty train. Never ever use the kennel as punishment or as a time out. The kennel/den is your dog’s home within your home, so it must have lots of positive associations. Feeding your dog in his kennel is a great idea, as well.

2. Keep your dog on a strict feeding schedule. Feed him one-two times per day (feeding amounts depend on the dog food—see feeding chart located on bag) and only allow 15 minutes per feeding time for your dog

to eat. Whether the dog has eaten or not, after 15 minutes, pick up the food.

He may not eat very much for the first few days, but he will not starve himself.

After a few days, he will eat immediately when you put the food down. After he eats, go outside with him and bring small, soft treats.

AS SOON as he eliminates, reward with lots of praise and treats. If you wait until you go back inside, and then reward, you will teach the dog that he gets a reward for going back inside—not for eliminating outside.

3. Have realistic expectations. It usually takes six months to a year to completely potty train a puppy.

If you have an older dog that has never been potty trained,

it can take longer than that.

For example, if Fido is five years old and he has never been trained, he has had five years of conditioning that his behaviors work for him.

So, it will take some time to “unlearn” those old behaviors and learn new behaviors.

Be patient. Take your time and work at his pace.

Remember that you did not learn how to crawl, walk and talk in a day, week or even a month. Learning/conditioning/training takes time and patience. Your dog looks to you as a human parent, so treat him or her with respect and compassion.

Happy Training!

Britney Blanchette Pitre, CPDT-KA Bons Chiens Dog Training, LLC.

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By Calvin Tyler The year was 2011. The songs topping the Billboard Chart were Adele’s Rolling in the Deep and LMFAO’s Party Anthem. Mrs. Tyler and myself set off to purchase all the items from our two kids’ school supply list, when--after the fourth

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store--it occurred to me that even though the music of 2011 was enjoyable in the same way that TV dinners were when they had first hit the scene in 1949 (in no way healthy, but convenient), purchasing school supplies was extremely archaic.

I asked my wife why we

were doing this. “For the kids,” she replied. It felt like kind of a cop out to me. I was promised a future of jetpacks, flying cars, and bubble gum that never lost its flavor! Why am I, in 2011, still living like a pilgrim?

Having to drive around from store to store looking for a

red, 3-ring folder with pockets?

The year was 2012. The songs topping the Billboard Chart were Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe and Maroon 5’s Payphone. Mrs. Tyler and myself, along with our two sons, have packed up and moved to the Dal-

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las area--Frisco, Texas to be exact--and have just enrolled our kiddos into school there.

Just like the current music of 2012, I assumed there would be more of the same nonsense when it came to purchasing school supplies.

Because who, outside of my generation, even knows what a payphone is?

We ask the school’s receptionist how we would go about acquiring a supply list, to which she giggled and said, “You should be receiving an email any second now.” My smartphone beeped and buzzed, and my eyes followed by widening.

I look down to find that I had just received the supply list from the school via email, and I realize that for the first time in my life, I am living in the (insert rejoiceful expletive here) future. To further advance my shock, the receptionist advises that we go home and review the email, paying close attention to the offer located toward the end. I repeat “thank you” over and over again as my wife apologizes, places her hands on my shoulders, and guides me out of the office.

After returning home, we review the email to find that there is a link to a website.

“Whoa,” I say aloud. Within this link was a website (not the most shocking conclusion, I know), but what was being offered astounded me for months. I could purchase a “school supply box” for both of my sons by simply entering my zip code, selecting their school, age, grade, and gender, and it would be delivered to their (insert rejoiceful expletive here) classroom desks.

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and continue your Breaking Bad marathon. This was the kind of thing Conan O’Brien promised in his In The Year 2000 skits.

The year was 2013. The songs topping the Billboard Chart were Imagine Dragons’ Radioactive and Macklemore’s Thrift Shop. Mrs. Tyler and myself, along with our two sons, have packed up and moved back to Lake Charles in search of me becoming an incredibly handsome writer. After being spoiled to the world of 2012, we were horrified when we were handed a school supply list…on actual paper. “What is this?” I ask with disgust.

Apparently, no one in the area had heard of this awesome program where one could purchase things online and have them delivered.

No one in the area, that is, except for Moss Bluff Elementary. Toni Wilcox, head of PTO for Moss Bluff Elementary School, had many sleepless nights as she stressed and worried over the lack of Delorean-based future in her school. Wilcox decided that she could no longer sit back and allow injustice to continue. Not on her watch! She put in the time and did the research necessary (to 1984’s Karate Kid soundtrack, of course) to find a third party affiliate with the ability to accommodate the parents of students in a futuristic way of obtaining school supplies. And she did. Wilcox found Education Products, Inc. whose motto happens to be “Why should kids and parents scramble to stores with picked-over merchandise and struggle to find the right items on their school supply list?” Well done, current CEO of Educational Products, Inc. I owe

you a beer.

The year is 2014. The songs topping the Billboard Chart aren’t even worth mentioning, but I know Moss Bluff Elementary is still the only school in the area offering its patrons the ability to skip the headache of the Black Friday-esque blitz that is back-to-school shopping. To the parents out

there who feel my pain and wish to have the same convenience already available to the parents of Moss Bluff Elementary offered at their schools, please band together and submit a request to your principal. It costs nothing to implement this program, while also filling the greatest demand in this world. It will save us time.

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How to Make Healthy School Lunches for Your Kids Being a parent often requires a non-stop juggling routine that begins with morning carpool and ends with bedtime stories. In the rush to get your children to school, it’s important not to forget the value of preparing them a healthy lunch.

It isn’t as time consuming as it seems. LetsMove.gov, an initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama, offers good advice on healthy eating for children. But you can also follow these easy tips: Switch white bread for whole grain: If sandwiches are a staple in your child’s lunch, the easiest way to make a change is to substitute whole grain bread for white. There are many varieties out there to please even the pickiest eater.

You can also substitute flour tortillas with wheat ones and white pita with whole grain.

Fill them with proteins like turkey slices and cheese. If your

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child prefers warm food in a thermos, you can fill it with brown rice, whole grain pasta and even oatmeal.

Pack a rainbow: Fruits and vegetables are great sources of nutrition. Make fruits and vegetables more interesting. Pack green and purple grapes or colorful berries, dried apricots, mangos, cut red and orange peppers into strips and send them with a fun dipping sauce like hummus or yogurt and send oranges already peeled and sliced. The prettier the presentation, the higher the chances are your child will reach for it.

Water, water, water: Juice may seem harmless, especially since the labels read things like “packed with fruit.” But juice adds a lot of unnecessary sugar and calories to your child’s diet. Consider rethinking what they drink and send a bottle

of water along with, or instead of, the juice box. Not only does drinking water eliminate extra sugar from their diet, but it also keeps children from getting dehydrated throughout the day.

Low-fat milk is also a good idea since it provides calcium and protein.

Think about temperature: Would you eat warm yogurt or cold rice? The temperature inside your child’s lunchbox is just as important as what is in-

side. Keep hot foods warm by sending them in a thermos, it helps if you first fill it with boiling water for two minutes to retain some heat. Keep cold items like cheese or hardboiled eggs cool by using ice packs.

You can also use a refillable water bottle filled with ice cubes to keep things fresh, plus it will provide drinking water at the same time!

Plan ahead: Making a healthy lunch does take some thought, but the morning rush, when everyone’s trying to get out the door, isn’t the best time to get creative. Try to make a routine of packing some items the night before. Cutting up fruit, pre-making sandwiches, boiling whole grain pasta are all time-saving steps. Another good habit is to make weekly shopping lists so you’re not stuck searching the cupboard for last-minute – and unhealthy – options.

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JD Bank Honors National College Savings Month with Financial Tips September is National College Savings Month, a campaign founded by the College Savings Plans Network to highlight the importance of preparing for the costs of college tuition.

In recognition of the initiative, JD Bank recommends the following steps to successfully start saving for your or your child’s education: • Use your time wisely.

The earlier you start saving, the better. Even modest savings can go a long way if given enough time to grow. Take a look at where you are now financially and set a goal of where you would like to be in a certain number of years. This road map will help determine which financial tools you should use in order to grow your savings.

• Make regular contributions. Establish a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly contribution that will go straight out of your paycheck into your savings account even after you or your child has enrolled in college. Also remember, adding any “free money,” such as holiday cash or bonuses to the savings fund can help make a difference.

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when preparing for large investments like college tuition,” JD Bank vice president and marketing director, Tyler Williams said. “At JD Bank, we work to ensure

the tools you’ve chosen will best prepare your family.”

Serving southwest Louisiana for more than 65 years, JD Bank offers full-service personal and business

banking with 21 branches.

For more information, visit www.jdbank.com or call (800) 789-5159. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

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Sports Injury Risks and Prevention All sports have a risk of injury. In general, the more contact in a sport, the greater the risk of a traumatic injury. However, most injuries in young athletes are due to overuse.

Most injuries occur to ligaments (connect bones together), tendons (connect muscles to bones) and muscles. Stress fractures can also occur from overuse. However, the areas where bones grow in children are at more risk of injury during the rapid phases of growth. In a growing child, point tenderness over a bone should be evaluated further by a medical provider even if there is minimal swelling or limitation in motion.

Most frequent sports injuries are sprains (injuries to ligaments) strains (injuries to muscles), and stress frac-

tures (injury to bone) caused when an abnormal stress is placed on tendons, joints, bones and muscle. Contact your pediatrician if you have additional questions or concerns.

To reduce the risk of injury: • Time off. Plan to have at least one day off per week from a particular sport to allow the body to recover.

• Wear the right gear. Players should wear appropriate and properly fit protective equipment such as pads (neck, shoulder, elbow, chest, knee, shin), helmets, mouthpieces, face guards,

protective cups, and/or eyewear. Young athletes should not assume that protective gear will protect them from performing more dangerous or risky activities.

• Strengthen muscles. Conditioning exercises during practice strengthens muscles used in play.

• Increase flexibility.

Stretching exercises before and after games or practice can increase flexibility. Stretching should also be incorporated into a daily fitness plan.

• Use the proper technique.

This should be reinforced during the playing season.

• Take breaks. Rest periods during practice and games can reduce injuries and prevent heat illness.

• Play safe. Strict rules against headfirst sliding (baseball and softball), spearing (football), and body checking (ice hockey) should be enforced.

• Stop the activity if there is pain.

• Avoid heat injury by drinking plenty of fluids before, during and after exercise or play; decrease or stop practices or competitions during high heat/ humidity periods; wear light clothing.

Sports-Related Emotional Stress The pressure to win can cause significant emotional stress for a child. Sadly, many coaches and parents consider winning the most important aspect of sports.

Young athletes should be judged on effort, sportsmanship and hard work. They should be rewarded for trying hard and for improving their skills rather than punished or criticized for losing a game or competition. The main goal should be to have fun and learn lifelong physical activity skills.

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Youth Sports Injury Statistics According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), participation in organized sports is on the rise.

Nearly 30 million children and adolescents participate in youth sports in the United States. This increase in play has led to some other startling statistics about injuries among America’s young athletes. The CDC claims that more than half of all sports injuries in children are preventable.

• High school athletes account for an estimated 2 million injuries and 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year.

• More than 3.5 million kids under age 14 receive medical treatment for sports injuries each year.

• Children ages 5 to 14 account for nearly 40 percent of all sports-related injuries treated in hospitals. On average the rate and severity of injury increases with a child’s age.4 • Overuse injuries are responsible for nearly half of all sports injuries to middle and high school students • Although 62 percent of organized sports-related injuries occur during practice, onethird of parents do not have their children take the same safety precautions at practice that they would during a game.

• Twenty percent of children ages 8 to 12 and 45 percent of those ages 13 to 14 will have arm pain during a single youth baseball season.

• Injuries associated with participation in sports and recreational activities account for 21 percent of all traumatic brain injuries among children in the United States.

• By age 13, 70 percent of kids drop out of youth sports.

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• Among athletes ages 5 to 14, 28 percent of percent of football players, 25 percent of baseball players, 22 percent of soccer players, 15 percent of

basketball players, and 12 percent of softball players were injured while playing their respective sports.

• Since 2000, there has been

a fivefold increase in the number of serious shoulder and elbow injuries among youth baseball and softball players.

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Since its inception in the summer of 2012, the Foundation for Fairplay Fund (F3) works to meet the health-related athletic needs of students throughout Southwest Louisiana.

The greater Lake Charles area has some of the finest athletic programs in the state, but the reality is that some are better equipped to compete due to their ability to attract greater financial support than others.

The Foundation at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital established F3 to assist schools that showed this need.

“The Foundation for Fairplay Fund exists in order to provide a more level playing field in the areas of preventable injury needs,” says Leif Pedersen, Senior Vice President of Phi-

lanthropy at Memorial. “The fund assists schools in acquiring equipment such as quality football helmets, training room equipment needed for the rehabilitation of sports-related injuries and creating safe physical fitness surroundings.”

Over the past two years, $75,000 in needed equipment has been awarded to area athletic programs and there is more to come. Local programs fill out a grant request and if approved, F3 will directly purchase the needed equipment.

Iowa High School received $4,500 in equipment that included 10 new Riddell® Revolution® Speed Helmets and 10 Riddell® Power® Extreme SPX™ shoulder pads. The equipment offers the latest technology in football safety.

“This donation frees up a lot of money for us to spend elsewhere on our athletes and our program,” says Sean Richard, Iowa head football coach. “All the money that we spend, we have to raise. This is a great boost to our football program and to the safety of our athletes.”

Another example is $1,600 F3 donated to Bell City High School that purchased a Mettler Sys*Stim® 226 neuromuscular stimulator.

“It allows us to better care for our athletes with a piece of equipment we normally wouldn’t be able to afford,”

More than $75,000 in equipment has been donated to local high schools.

says Jason Leonards, a basketball, track and cross country coach at Bell City. “We have a limited budget and we have some athletes that need that treatment. It will allow us to get them back in the game a little quicker, treat and take care of them better.”

Schools who have also received donations from F3 include LaGrange, Merryville, Singer, Sulphur, Vinton and Washington-Marion.

Other donated equipment includes top-of-the-line football helmets, shoulder pads, training tables and wall pads for high school gyms.

F3 has even teamed up with Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine to implement programs for Calcasieu Parish athletes with emphasis on brain injury prevention, ACL tear prevention, nutrition optimization, and maintaining healthy weight in wrestlers.

State-of-the-Art Concussion Treatment Since 2012, Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine has used a program called ImPACT® (Immediate PostConcussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) to evaluate concussions in Calcasieu Parish athletes.

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advertised since Memorial Sports Medicine began using the program. The system helps to compare recognition times and memory response.

“It gives us a safety net, another tool to use to evaluate an athlete’s recovery from a concussion,” he says. “ImPACT does not diagnose a concussion nor is it the only tool use to evaluate an athlete.”

The test is a 20-minute neurological and cognitive computer evaluation that is used by the NFL, NHL, MLB, U.S. Soccer, NASCAR, Formula 1 and the NCAA. The test will become even more commonplace with recent concussion litigation on the professional and college football levels. It is a tool athletes have asked for and one Memorial Sports Medicine has been using it for two years.

In the United States, the annual incidence of sportsrelated concussions is estimated at 300,000. Estimates regarding the likelihood of an athlete in a contact sport experiencing a concussion may be as high as 19 percent per season.

Dr. Robert Abramson, a board certified neurosurgeon with the Neurosurgical Institute of Lake Charles, a part of the Memorial Medical Group, says statistics show that if you have a concussion, then there is a 35 percent chance of you receiving a second one.

“Having another concussion can prolong and worsen your symptoms,” Dr. Abramson says. “Second impact syndrome can also happen if you go back in too soon.

Then, there is a possibility of having severe brain injury and neurological programs down the road.”

If an athlete does receive a concussion during the season, the plan of action is they must see a physician to be released for activity, according to state law.

After they have been released to activity, Memorial Sports Medicine trainers put the athlete thru a physical exertion program to see if any concussion symptoms return. If they complete this program, they return to the

ACL Testing at local high schools doctor for an evaluation.

The athlete would then take a post injury test on the ImPACT® System. The baseline results and the post injury results are evaluated by a doctor to determine if they are equal, and if it is safe for the athlete to return to play.

“The ImPACT system is so important. It gives us another great tool in concussion evaluation that can test the brain without bias,” Rasberry says. “It has brought to our attention athletes who needed more time to recover from a

Memorial Sports Medicine Trainer Naomi Stauth uses the Mettler Sys Stim 226 neuromuscular stimulator

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concussion before returning to the game. This is another level of protection for our student athletes.”

ACL Injury Prevention The tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL is on a rapid increase as young athletes play sports year round.

“Female athletes are 300 times more likely to have an ACL injury than males,” Rasberry says. “Soccer and basketball are the most common sports where this injury usually happens.”

Females are at a higher risk because of the angle of their knees, the relative length of their bones, and muscle imbalances.

The tear usually is a noncontact injury that happens with a sudden change of direction or when an athlete lands awkwardly after a jump.

When female athletes jump their knees tend to come together when they land. This can strain the ligaments in the knee and cause the ACL to tear.

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tion of the ligament if they wish to play sports again,” says Dr. Brett Cascio, an orthopaedic surgeon with Orthopaedic Specialists, a part of the Memorial Medical Group. “We use a graft to replace the torn ACL and it can take anywhere from seven to 12 months to Return to sports after this surgery. Some athletes never make it back to their previous level of play.”

Dr. Cascio spends a lot of time treating high school, college and professional athletes. He saw a need for preventative sports medicine in Southwest Louisiana it is one reason he co-founded F3.

Memorial Sports Medicine has teamed up with Athletic Republic in hopes of preventing these injuries from every happening. Female high school athletes are being tested to see if they are at risk for an ACL tear.

Athletes jump onto and off of a force plate, designed

by Athletic Republic, which measures the force of the jump. Sensors are placed on the athlete, while a camera and computer system records the data to analyze the mechanics of the jump.

The test also includes a 20yard sprint, vertical jump, 10-

Dr. Brett Cascio works with a high school track student

yard shuttle run and a single leg hop.

“The study is looking for trends such as stress on the knee, knee moments, hip weakness, and tibia or lower leg length,” says Scott Lounsberry, a Memorial Sports Medicine trainer and owner of Athletic Republic in the Lake Area. “Research has shown there is a correlation between the knees coming together and the length of the tibia that leads to knee instability.”

Memorial and Athletic Republic have studied and tested female athletes in Calcasieu Parishes since last year and will do so for the next three years. No research project on ACL injuries of this size has ever been attempted.

The data will then be used to develop a dynamic warm up and strength training program to prevent ACL tears from happening, therefore, combining science and prevention to keep athletes safe from devastating knee injuries.

Once the program is developed it can be used on both males and females.

The ACL prevention program focuses on improving the diet of local high school

Memorial Sports Medicine Director Jamey Rasberry oversees ImPACT testing

athletes. Proper nutrition is a part of keeping muscles, ligaments, and joints healthy.

A preliminary study of local female athletes’ diets shows troubling trends and lot of room for improvement.

Paving the Way Through these programs, Lake Charles Memorial Sports Medicine and the Foundation for Fairplay Fund are paving the way for sports medicine excellence. The care and services offered are on par with what you would find on the col-

legiate and professional levels of sports. Still, these programs could not exist without the dedicated support of generous patrons throughout Southwest Louisiana.

One of the more recent partners with F3 is Habitat for Humanity. Through a cooperative endeavor agreement, local athletic programs can receive a bonus donation on top of an F3 donation if teams get involved by donating some of their time with local Habitat projects.

Funds coming from the Foundation for Fairplay are distributed through an application process, which is reviewed by a volunteer board of directors.

To learn more about F3 events, to make a donation or submit a grant application call (337) 494-3226 or visit www.lcmh. com/f3.

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Red, White & Tuna Aug. 30 - Sept. 14 The much-anticipated third installment in the Tuna trilogy takes the audience through another satirical ride into the hearts and minds of the polyester-clad citizens of Texas’ third smallest town. Lake Charles Little Theatre, 813 Enterprise Boulevard, Lake Charles. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays / 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20 Adults/$15 Seniors/ $10 Students.

Buy tickets at www.thelclt.com.

Labor Day Festival at the Lake Charles Civic Center. A day of great food and Zydeco, the entire family is invited to come out and celebrate the festival’s 30th year in grand style. Fill up on crawfish etouffee, red beans and rice with sausage and BBQ sandwiches.

Doors open at 10 a.m., with the bands beginning at 11 a.m. (337) 438-3482.

Healthy Woman Celebration Sept. 4

The Brass in Blue of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 in the Shearman Fine Arts Performing Arts Theatre at McNeese State University. Brass in Blue - the newest performing ensemble in the Band of the West - combines the sounds of brass, percussion and vocals in a flexible group presenting a variety of music. (337) 475-5635.

Lake Area Medical Center is gearing up for the Healthy Woman 4th Anniversary Celebration set for Thurs. Sept. 4, at L’Auberge Casino Resort. Keynote speaker will be actress and author Lisa Whelchel, (AKA “Blair” from the 80’s Facts of Life sitcom). A special Women’s Health Expo and Retail Market will take place from 4-6 p.m. followed by an elegant dinner program. Booth space is still available for the retail market. To reserve your space, contact Kay Morgan at (337) 475-4143.

Sulphur High Relay Swim Meet Aug. 30

Movies in the Square Sept. 6

Brass in Blue Aug. 30

It’s time to kick-off the swim season with the traditional Sulphur High Relay Meet! Come watch the Lake Area High School swim teams compete in this fun and exciting event. SPAR Aquatic Center, 933 West Parish Road, Sulphur, at 6 p.m. (337) 721-3040.

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse is a quirky take on the classic tale of Robin Hood. Starts at dusk (around 8 p.m.) at The Grove at Heritage Square in Sulphur. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and the whole family. Admission is free!

Boozoo’s Labor Day Festival Sept. 1

Lyle Lovett at Lutcher Theater Sept. 9

Our rich musical heritage continues to live on with Boozoo’s

Coupled with his gift for storytelling, and accompanied by His

McNeese Theatre Roundup Aug. 28 The annual McNeese State University Theatre Roundup will be held 5:30 p.m.

Thurs., Aug. 28 in the Shearman Fine Arts Theatre. The Lake Area community is invited to meet the theatre program faculty, production directors and students and receive information about the season’s productions, auditions and technical work.

Directors will give an overview of the upcoming theatre season and explain the audition procedure. Auditions are open to all McNeese students, faculty and staff and area residents. This year’s theme is “Past, Present and Future.” Fall auditions will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. Fri., Aug. 29, in the performing arts theatre.

A signup sheet and audition packets are available on the theatre callboard in the SFA Annex lobby.

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and six female actors will be needed. “Our Town” explores and celebrates the deep connections within family, community and one’s hometown. It was the first live theatrical production performed at McNeese back in 1940.

Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” will debut the first studio production by the McNeese Theatre Bayou Players. Performances will be held Oct. 24-26 in F.G. Bulber Auditorium. Six or seven male and female roles will be available. The play is said to be one of the most powerful and controversial texts in contemporary theatre and will be directed by Gabriel Brown.

Martin McDonagh’s, “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” will be directed by Greg Stratton. Performance dates are Nov. 1216 in the performing arts theatre. Seven male actors and one female actress will be needed. Described as “Monty Python meets Quentin Tarantino,” McDonagh weaves a darkly comedic tale surrounding political terrorism in rural Ireland and is recommended for mature audiences only.

The spring theatre season will kick off with “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” written by actor and comedian Steve Martin and directed by Stratton. It will be presented Feb. 4-8 in the performing arts theatre.

Seven male and three female actors will be needed. The play is set in the Lapin Agile bar in Paris in 1904 and imagines a chance meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.

Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “MacBeth,” will be McNeese’s final production of the season. Performances will be held April 15-19 in the performing arts theatre. Six male, two female and six male or female roles will be available. Directed by McNeely, “MacBeth” powerfully illustrates the consequences that come from being consumed by greed and ambition.

Season subscriptions are $45 for adults, $30 for McNeese faculty and staff, senior citizens and youth (K-12). All season subscriptions support McNeese theatre scholarships. For more information, call (337) 475-5040.

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Large Band, Texas-based musician Lyle Lovett fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. Event begins at 7:30 p.m. at Lutcher Theater, 707 W. Main Ave., Orange, Texas. (409) 8865535/ www.lutcher.org

Stars and Stripes Classic Car Show Sept. 13 It’s time once again for the Stars and Stripes Classic Car Show at Heritage Square. Cars, trucks, hot rods, motorcycles and more!

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. There will be an awards presentation following the show, featuring Stars and Stripes Beauty Pageant winners. The classic cars and hot rods will be cruising on Ruth Street after the show Free food booths and door prizes. (337) 527-4500.

Benefit for Blaine Graham Sept. 13 Tribe MC member Blaine Graham has terminal liver cancer. All motorcycle clubs are invited. All proceeds from this benefit will go to Johnson’s Funeral Home for his final costs. BBQ plate lunches $5, live auction, raffles, dunking booth, horseshoe tournament, bike games and so much more. Will be held at the Killowatt Club, 3500 Houston River Rd. Westlake. Cash donations: acct. # 3302698971 @ Chase Bank. (337) 540-4535 or (337) 304-8042.

Boudin Wars Sept. 13 Tickets are now on sale for Boudin Wars, which will be held at the Henning Cultural Center in Sulphur on Sept. 13 from 11 a.m.1 p.m. Local restaurants and chefs compete for the title of “Best Boudin in SWLA!” Tickets are available at the Cultural Center or at www.brimstonemuseum.com.

each, and Art Associates will kiln fire your bowl and return it to you for an additional $15. Proceeds go to benefit A Bridge to Life, which trains and provides service dogs at no cost to disabled American veterans, children with autism, and violence survivors.

Art -- Something to Wine About Sept. 20 SWLA Health Services celebrates their Community Scholarship Program at The Governor’s Mansion, 1025 Broad St. Lake Charles on Sat., Sept. 20 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person and benefit the program. Business casual attire. (337) 312-2010.

Midnight Fantasies Car Show Sept. 20-21 Enjoy a weekend of show vehicles, antique campers and motor homes, music, food, games, vendors, Mac tires and wheels, truck pulls, auto xpressions car crush, burn-out contests, car/truck club bar-b-que cook off, live auctions, Bailey’s/USAC crank up contest, fun jumps, and much more! In addition, the first Tin Can Tourist Rally will be held. It will include 1930’s vintage campers, horse drawn equipment, vintage motor homes, cars, trucks, and scooters, and a 1936 car-house. Will be held at Burton Coliseum. (337) 263-0655.

Newcomb Pottery Exhibit Sept. 20 - Jan. 13 See the loaned exhibition “Women, Art, & Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise,” which showcases iconic pieces crafted by women connected with the Newcomb College in New Orleans.

Members free. Stark Museum of Art, 712 Green Ave., Orange (409) 886.2787, info@starkmuseum.org / www.starkmuseum.org.

‘Reflecting the Times’ Sept. 13 - March 7 Visit The W.H. Stark Carriage House for a new, special exhibition ‘Reflecting the Times,’ which highlights the key components of three important art movements of the early 20th century -- Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco --reflected in architecture, jewelry, pottery, clothing and graphic design. Included with general admission; members free. The W.H. Stark House, 610 W. Main Ave., Orange, Texas. For more information, call (409) 883.0871, email info@whstarkhouse.org, or visit their website at www.whstarkhouse.org.

St. Theresa Bon Ton Festival Sept. 19-21 The St. Theresa Bon Ton Festival is a local tradition that is enjoyed by all ages!! Enjoy live and silent auctions filled with fun and unique items! Also bingo, a sweet shop with their famous pies, and a large garage sale. Our newly renovated large covered pavilion has plenty of room for dancing, relaxing, eating and visiting - rain or shine. 4324 Carlyss Drive, Carlyss. Friday 5-10:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (337) 583-4800.

Paint a Bowl Event Sept. 19 Art Associates of Lake Charles invite the public to come paint a pre-made dog bowl at the Bowl for a Cause event on Fri., Sept. 19.

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The City of Lake Charles will host The Genius of Noel Rockmore at the 1911 Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center.

An opening reception will be held Fri., Sept. 5; doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with a gallery talk beginning at 6 p.m.

The event will be open to the public and refreshments will be served. Guests will meet Noel Rockmore’s lifelong art patron, Shirley Marvin, and the founders of the Noel Rockmore Project, Tee and Rich Marvin.

They will share their fascinating story of how the forgotten body of works of a genius was discovered in storage units in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The Collector In 1961, Noel Rockmore met art enthusiast and political activist Shirley Marvin. At the time, she was a mother of three young children and married to a successful Baton Rouge real estate developer. Marvin was one of Rockmore’s most devoted fans and became his patron for life. She began collecting

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his work with Rockmore often suggesting which paintings she should acquire. Marvin believed that Noel Rockmore was an artistic genius, and an unrecognized American Master of the 20th century. The only way to prove it in the future would be to have a significant bulk of the work together in one place.

Rockmore died in 1995, and Marvin’s paintings found their way into storage units. Getting on in years, she had forgotten about the number of works she had collected. After Hurricane Katrina, Marvin asked her son, Rich, and his wife, Tee, to come down from Cape Cod to check on her storage units in New Orleans. When asked exactly how many paintings she had in storage, Marvin said,” I’m not sure but I think I have somewhere between 20 and 70.”

In October 2006 (Shirley Marvin was 84), Rich and Tee Marvin discovered over 1,400 Rockmore works in his mother’s storage facility. They also found 35 years’ worth of correspondence, every Rockmore brochure and news article, as well as a documentary film.

Rich Marvin stated, “We had unearthed an important artistic archeological find we called The Tomb of Rockmore.” Marvin had been saving Rockmore art works and memorabilia with the

intention of making him famous one day.

The Marvins, working with Rockmore’s family, art dealers, collectors and museum curators, are now cataloging his works and promoting him. They estimate he produced about 15,000 pieces of art with 750 to 1,000 of those to be masterpieces. Most of the pieces in The Genius of Noel Rockmore have never before been seen. Many are Preservation Hall jazz musician portraits, and many are from private collectors, some of whom will be present at the reception. Some of the artworks will be for sale, giving the local community the opportunity to own this master’s work.

The Artist Noel Rockmore, born in 1928, came from a privileged artistic upbringing in New York.

His parents, Gladys Rockmore Davis and Floyd Davis, had received their own acclaim in illustrating, advertising and painting throughout World War II. Beginning at an early age their son, Noel Davis (later to become Rockmore) demonstrated creative abilities in both music and art. He is known for his varied styles, his early rise to fame, his Preservation Hall portraits, and for changing his name at the height of the popularity he had developed in New York City.

He painted in a realistic and old masters’ style throughout his childhood and adolescence.

As the abstract expressionist movement gained momentum,

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Rockmore left New York and went to New Orleans where he could “dwell in creative obscurity” among fellow Bohemians and away from the commercial market. He then changed his name from Noel Davis to Noel Rockmore, adopting his mother’s surname. He led a hedonistic lifestyle, befriending the French Quarter characters who often became the subjects of his work such as Sister Gertrude Morgan and Ruthie the Duck Girl.

He did two Life magazine commissions and was invited to join the National Academy of Design. His art has hung at the Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He won the Hallgarten Prize, the Tiffany Fellowship, (twice: 1956 and 1963), and The Wallace Truman Prize.

In 1963, he was commissioned to document the jazz musicians of Preservation Hall and responded with approximately 750 portraits, known collectively as the Preservation Hall Portraits.

He was also commissioned to create posters for sale to commemorate the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1970.

After battling alcoholism and bipolar disorder, Rockmore died at age 66 of an untreated infection. When he was taken to the hospital, he was admitted as a “street person.” According to his friends, he sat up on the gurney and declared, “I’m not a street person, I’m a great artist.” He has been referred to as “America’s Picasso.” For more information on the Noel Rockmore Project, go to http://www. rightwaywrongway.com.

Historic City Hall is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are gladly accepted. For more information, call 491-9147 or visit www.cityoflakecharles.com.

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The Giver (Weinstein, 2014) You may have read The Giver in school. But for me, the movie was something of a surprise, given all the dystopia movies out these days (Elysium, Divergent, Hunger Games, and so on.)

In the future of The Giver, everyone lives in a perfect world.

Families are happy, everyone has a job, and there are no wars or sickness. People even apologize when they say something inappropriate.

Our movie begins with the day of assignment for older kids.

Jonah is apprehensive because he really doesn’t know what he wants to do in life. His closest friends, Fiona and Asher, are pretty sure where they’ll be working. Jonah’s Mom and Dad tell him to trust the elders.

Okay, let me say this: The story really starts like an old Twilight Zone episode, except Jonah does the voiceover instead of Rod Serling. This ideal world is filmed in black and white. And it’s slightly futuristic looking, but in a stark, creepy way. There are drones everywhere to record every action

and conversation. Yep, welcome to the Twilight Zone.

Jonas gets chosen for a very special position. He’s going to be the Receiver. Not just “a” receiver, because there’s only one. You see, everyone’s memories of the horrible past have been erased. Only one person holds all the memories of the old world. Jonas is going to receive these memories into his mind and body, so that he can provide insight to the council of elders when they need this special knowledge.

It turns out that the knowledge isn’t stored on DVDs, cassettes, vinyl, or even the Internet.

They’re stored in the mind of Jeff Bridges. Actually he’s not playing himself; he’s playing The Giver.

Get it?

I won’t give it away the story, and it doesn’t matter, because many of you already know it. But The Giver is beautifully done.

To start, it has a wonderful cast.

Besides Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes plays Jonas’ mom and Meryl Streep plays the First Elder. All

I can say is, I wouldn’t want to have Meryl Streep as a teacher.

She never raises her voice, but you know from the tone that her word is law. And she guides society with genuine concern. Of course.

And of course, Jeff Bridges brings his gravelly voice and cold stares along with his hugs of sympathy and sometimes helplessness that eventually endear him to us and to Jonas, who becomes distant from his friends and family.

There’s a chase scene, and even some excitement in the movie, but at first it walks along at a leisurely pace. After all, this is a perfect world. Isn’t it?

What is truly amazing about The Giver is what it gives to the audience. Young people who’ve seen it have said it changed their lives. When I left the theater, colors seemed brighter outside, and it felt great to be alive. Old people like me have experienced this before, but for the young, it’s truly something new.

The Giver is rated PG-13 for thematic content. There are a couple of chilling scenes in the movie, which may not be appropriate for children, largely based on moral grounds. For this reason, the Newberry Award winning book was banned in many schools, and it took Jeff Bridges 18 years to get his movie to theaters. Today, these allegations seem rather extreme.

A small child won’t even understand what is going on.

As a result, I would recommend the movie to anyone over the age of 11 who might understand what the word dystopia means. Wait. I meant to say utopia. Or did I? Oh well, you be the judge. Enjoy.

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Chinese-American Stories In fiction and memoir, these books explore the consequences when the cultures of China and the United States collide. All three hooked me in the first pages and kept me involved till the last.

Lisa See’s novel China Dolls opens in the year 1938.

Grace Lee, 17, has escaped from her father’s beatings in the Midwest and run to San Francisco to find work as a dancer at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. She’s Chinese, but she has never seen another “Oriental” person except her mother and father.

When she heads for Chinatown, for the first time in her life she sees other Asian people: “Everything was as foreign and strange as if I’d just disembarked from a boat in Hong Kong, Canton, or Shanghai -- not that I’d been to any of those places -- making me both elated 32 August 28, 2014

and petrified. Chinatown felt frighteningly enchanted in the way certain fairy tales had once left me unable to sleep.”

At Grace’s dance auditions, she meets Helen and Ruby; the three become fast friends, and all get jobs in Chinese nightclubs. Helen is from a traditional family and lives in a Chinese compound with 29 of her “closest relatives.” She has lived a strict, sheltered life, but now she’s trying to break with tradition.

There are layers of racism in California, and not just Caucasian vs. Asian. With China and Japan at war with each other, the “centurieslong animosity between Japanese and Chinese” causes members of those two cultures to be enemies. Grace remembers being bullied as a kid, the only Asian child in school: “It takes training to learn how to be a bigot,” she says.

Then the attack on Pearl Harbor brings changes to everyone’s life, making one a star and another a prisoner, while the third is trying to bring up her baby. The scars that are revealed are not all physical. The women experience birth, death, love, jealousy, betrayal and blacklisting, and find out that it is those closest to you who can hurt you the most.

The excellent story is told from the different points of view of the three women, which in the beginning was a bit discombobulating. But I highly recommend it.

Adult situations.

Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok is another novel about show business. The author was a professional ballroom dancer, so the

details of the ins and outs of the dancing world all ring true.

Charlie Wong, 22, is the daughter of a ballet dancer and a noodle-maker, who met in Beijing and moved to New York’s Chinatown.

Charlie works as a dishwasher in the restaurant where her father makes the noodles. Hers is a hot, dirty, exhausting job. She has neither the time nor the inclination to make herself look attractive. “For a Chinese girl, I was homely,” she says, and besides, her hands and arms are chapped and red from dishwashing.

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Her main concern is taking care of her little sister, Lisa, 11. Charlie tells us, “I spent as little as possible on my own clothing, knowing how important it was for Lisa to look nice at school and fit in with the other girls. I didn’t want her to be as unpopular as I’d been.”

When she is hired as a receptionist at a dance studio, Charlie enters a new world.

Watching the dancers reminds her of her deceased mother, and even though she makes tons of mistakes at her job, the dancers come to appreciate her. “All my life, I’d been trying to fulfill other people’s ideas of who I was supposed to be and failing, and this was my chance to try to become who I was meant to be,” says Vol. 6 • No. 11

Charlie.

At the studio, the fact that Charlie is fashion-challenged must be addressed.

She says, “It felt as if the rest of the world knew something I didn’t, like they were dancing the tango together while I was doing freestyle, flailing away by myself.” She finds herself in the midst of wonderful new relationships, but the studio has a strict policy that its staff must never fraternize with the dance students.

Uh-oh.

Between the dancers and the world of Charlie’s family, there are several memorable characters. Her uncle is a “doctor of traditional Chinese medicine,” who comes up with concoctions such as caterpillar soup to cure his patients. He and the local witch woman are called upon when Lisa begins showing symptoms of a possibly serious problem.

The book is so wonderful I didn’t want to stop reading. In fact, I forgot where I was at times, feeling myself standing in the middle of the ballroom with the characters.

Ah, romance! I loved this book.

Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong is Susan Blumberg-Kason’s memoir of her marriage. At 24, the author was an American grad student in Hong Kong when she met Cai, a divorced man from mainland China studying ethnomusicology. As she tutored him in English, they fell in love, then married in haste.

The book reads a bit like letters to a friend from a naive young woman. She was so blinded by love she couldn’t discern the truth.

The reader can foresee all manner of problems in Cai’s disturbing behavior and attitude, but she seemed completely oblivious. He was manipulative and controlling, and I would have walked out on him early on. But even when she had evidence that he’d been unfaithful to her, she chose not to believe it.

It’s an enjoyable book, not just for the complex relationship between Susan and Cai, but also for the traveling they did around Hong Kong and China. It’s also an interesting look at cultures, traditions and superstitions.

Ask your book club: Would you have married this guy? Would you stay with him?

Copyright © 2014 by Mary Louise Ruehr.

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Thursday, August 28 Thursday Dollar Night Thursday Dollar Night @ Cowboys Night Club $1 Beer and Bar all night Free cover til 10 p.m. w/College ID 5329 Common St., Lake Charles

DJ Crush 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Friday, August 29

Kenzie Newman & Johnny Mouton 8 p.m. @ Cooler’s Ice House 3622 Ryan St., Lake Charles

Live Piano 6 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Live Piano 7 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Bernie Alan 7 p.m. @ Mikko Live Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder

Travis Corbello & Dustin Landry 7 p.m. @ Loggerhead’s 3748 Louisiana 3059 (Old Town Rd.), Lake Charles

Live Music 9 p.m. @ Yesterdays 5313 Common St., Lake Charles

Karaoke Night 9 p.m. - 2 p.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Street Side Jazz Band 7 p.m. @ Luna Bar & Grill 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles

Flashback Friday 9 p.m. - Close @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles

Cory Smith 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Club) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton

Live Music 7 p.m. @ Stellar Beans Coffee 319 Broad St, Lake Charles

Curse and The Cure 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Club) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton

MoJeaux 9 p.m. @ Mikko Live Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder

Lake Charles Civic Ballet 2014-2015 Season The Lake Charles Civic Ballet is pleased to announce its 2014-2015 season presented by L’Auberge Lake Charles and KVHP Fox 29/The Lake Charles CW7. Secure season tickets now with your sponsorship to receive the best seats in the house for The Little Drummer Boy and Assemblé 2015.

The season opens this December with an LCCB original, The Little Drummer Boy. Performed in the area since 1981, this timeless tale of the importance of self-worth includes over 200 local dancers.

Visit www.lakecharlescivicballet.com for access to fantastic lesson plans assembled by area educators.

Assemblé 2015 will wow audiences this March with collaborative performances including fabulous guest artists all in one show.

Among those featured are Lake Charles native and winner of the 2004 National Elvis Tribute Artist competition, John Ieyoub as Elvis with choreography by Damien Thibodeaux; LCCB’s original Où est le Fox?, with live accompaniment composed by Sulphur native Jeffrey Roy; excerpts from Oklahoma showcasing local favorite Chris Miller with various musicians and singers from the Lake Area; Brahms Suite featuring the beautiful vocals of soprano Laurie Robertson, and contemporary pieces staged by Golden Wright. This dynamic event has something for everyone. Don’t miss this exciting Season!

The Little Drummer Boy performance dates are: December 11, 12 & 13 2014 at Rosa Hart Theatre.

Assemblé 2015 performance dates are: March 21 & 22, 2015 at Rosa Hart Theatre.

Please visit www.lakecharlescivicballet.com for tickRomero & Romero Photography ets, show times and sponsorship information. LCCB is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

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Karaoke with $3 Cover 9 p.m. @ Frosty Factory 4688 Common St., Lake Charles Jessie Taylor 9 p.m. - Midnight @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. @ Linda’s Lounge 4338 Lake St., Lake Charles Jelly Bread 10 p.m. @ Luna Live 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles DJ Crush 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Saturday, August 30 Live Piano 7 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Live Music 7 p.m. @ Stellar Beans Coffee 319 Broad St, Lake Charles

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Kenny Spears 7 p.m. @ Loggerhead’s 3748 Louisiana 3059 (Old Town Rd.), Lake Charles Karaoke with Avid Sounds 8 p.m. @ Cooler’s Ice House 3622 Ryan St., Lake Charles DJ Jazzy Red 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Club) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton

Choke Sonnier Brothers Eric Machamer (Paranormal Magician) 8 p.m. @ Cajun Jeaux’s (Old Nate’s Place building) 117 W. College St., Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. @ Yesterdays 5313 Common St., Lake Charles DJ Night 9 p.m. - Close @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles

Honey Jar 9 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Saturday Night Party Time 9 p.m. @ Cowboys Night Club $1 Beer and Bar until Midnight Free Cowboys Kool-aid 5329 Common St., Lake Charles MoJeaux 9 p.m. @ Mikko Live Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder Karaoke with $3 Cover 9 p.m. @ Frosty Factory 4688 Common St., Lake Charles Wayne Dylan 9 p.m. - Midnight @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles Live Music 9:30 p.m. @ My Place 630 W Prien Lake Rd # G Lake Charles

Oh, Rhien (CD Release Night) w/Tandem & Saturate 10 p.m. @ Luna Live 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles DJ Crush 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Sunday, August 31 Clayton Rougeau and The Wild West Band 5 p.m. @ Loggerhead’s 3748 Louisiana 3059 (Old Town Rd.), Lake Charles Music 10:30 p.m. @ Crystals 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Tuesday, Sept. 2 Karaoke Night 7 p.m. - Midnight @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles

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DJ Verrett 8 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

DJ Sno 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Saturday, Sept. 6

Movie Night 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Friday, Sept. 5

Karaoke with Avid Sounds 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. @ Cooler’s Ice House 3622 Ryan St., Lake Charles

Wednesday, Sept. 3 Louisiana Night & Abita Pint Nite $2 Louisiana Beers $3.50 Louisiana Spirit/Cocktails 6 p.m. - Midnight @ My Place 630 W Prien Lake Rd # G Lake Charles Joe Ecker 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles The Good Wood 8 p.m. @ Luna Live 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles Music 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Thursday, Sept. 4 Live Piano 6 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Mike Miller 6 p.m. @ Cooler’s Ice House 3622 Ryan St., Lake Charles Katelyn Johnson Band 7 p.m. @ Mikko Live Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder Karaoke Night 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles Thursday Dollar Night @ Cowboys Night Club $1 Beer and Bar all night Free cover til 10 p.m. w/College ID 5329 Common St., Lake Charles 36 August 28, 2014

Live Piano 7 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Live Music 7 p.m. @ Stellar Beans Coffee 319 Broad St, Lake Charles Street Side Jazz Band 7 p.m. @ Luna Bar & Grill 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles Brad Brinkley & Comfort Zone 8:30 p.m. @ Cooler’s Ice House 3622 Ryan St., Lake Charles Dylan Scott 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Club) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton Live Music 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. @ Linda’s Lounge 4338 Lake St., Lake Charles Flashback Friday 9 p.m. - Close @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. @ Yesterdays 5313 Common St., Lake Charles Karaoke with $3 Cover 9 p.m. @ Frosty Factory 4688 Common St., Lake Charles Michael “Blackbird” Fruge 9 p.m. - Midnight @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles Dance Night 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles DJ Sno 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Live Piano 7 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Greywolf 9 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Karaoke with $3 Cover 9 p.m. @ Frosty Factory 4688 Common St., Lake Charles DJ Night 9 p.m. - Close @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles Reed Planchard 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Casino) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton Korey Fontenot 9 p.m. - Midnight @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. @ Yesterdays 5313 Common St., Lake Charles Saturday Night Party Time 9 p.m. @ Cowboys Night Club $1 Beer and Bar until Midnight Free Cowboys Kool-aid 5329 Common St., Lake Charles Special Event Night 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystals 112 Broad St., Lake Charles The Rayo Brothers 10 p.m. @ Luna Live 710 Ryan St, Lake Charles Live Music 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ My Place 630 W Prien Lake Rd # G Lake Charles

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DJ Sno 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Monday, Sept. 8 Karaoke Night 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ My Place 630 W Prien Lake Rd # G, Lake Charles

Sunday, Sept. 7

Tuesday, Sept. 9

Flashback 5 p.m. @ Loggerhead’s 3748 Louisiana 3059 (Old Town Rd.), Lake Charles

Karaoke Night with DJ Verrett 7 p.m. - Midnight @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles

Dancing 11 p.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Karaoke Night 8 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Dancing 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Wednesday, Sept. 10 Louisiana Night & Bayou Rum Night $2 Louisiana Beers $3.50 Louisiana Spirit/Cocktails 6 p.m. - Midnight @ My Place 630 W Prien Lake Rd # G, Lake Charles Mic Night 8 p.m. @ Jack After Dark

the show: “The Stevie Nixer” and the “Oh Daddy.” Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins promptly at 9. “Rumours” will be performed by John Guidroz, Jackie Stark, Bekah Bourque, Paul Gonsoulin, Kevin Lambert, Michael Krajicek, Chad Townsend, Logan Fontenot and Taylor Lee.

Music Artist Showcase Fall Series Sept. 20 School’s In! Lake Charles, we’ve once again arrived at the start of a new school year. Everyone is affected and if you do not believe me, look at the increase in traffic, longer commute time and numerous school zones with decreased speed limits. We should all be mindful that safety is most important, so if the change-up puts a strain on you, take a deep breath and sing along to music while you drive, as I do.

LC Live Album Series Continues with ‘Rumours’ Events help keep the life of Southwest Louisiana in motion, giving us something to look forward to. The next event you should be on the lookout for is the second event of the Lake Charles Live Album Series, Fleetwood Mac’s acclaimed “Rumours,” live and in concert Wed., Sept. 10 at Luna Live.

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On Sept. 20, we are happy to present our MAS (Music Artist Showcase) Fall Series, presented by HeyBray J. The opening MAS event will feature Lake Charles locals Rootbeer and Mermentau along with Jarvis Jacob and the Southern Gents at OB’s Bar and Grill. The fall means new venues for the series, new bands and a mix of genres creating an eclectic night that you deserve. We hope to draw audiences that may not typically visit particular venues while also bringing in regulars on nights they may not normally frequent the venue.

Chuck Fest Oct. 4 Another event you don’t want to miss is the Chuck Fest scheduled for Oct. 4.

With over a dozen bands performing on three stages in downtown Lake Charles, this will become a staple for the Southwest Louisiana region. The single-day event is free to the public and will feature local restaurant favorites, Louisianamade beer and spirits, and 14 bands from all across the Chuck. Alcohol sales the day of the event will benefit the Tipitina’s Foundation, a Louisiana-based organi-

L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Brian Racca Jr. 8 - 11 p.m. @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd., Lake Charles

Lake Charles Album Series (Fleetwood Mac: Rumours) 8 p.m. @ Luna Live 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles

zation that promotes childhood music education, professional development of adult musicians, and helps to increase the profile and viability of Louisiana’s music as a cultural, educational, and economic resource. For more information, please visit: https://tipitinasfoundation.org/.

Stay tuned for more details and be sure to like the Chuck Fest page on Facebook for the latest information.

KBYS 88.3 FM KBYS 88.3 FM, which can be heard on your radio dial and online and around the world at www.kbys.fm is quickly gaining popularity throughout the listening area via radio and by listeners around the world thanks to the station’s online stream. The station keeps students, faculty, staff and the community informed on what is happening locally and on McNeese State University’s campus. It’s the newest local station to open in Southwest Louisiana playing your favorite oldies, including some that you may not have heard since you were a child This year, I challenge you to support McNeese Athletics like you’ve never done before. Attend games, show your team spirit and do anything else you can to prove to these students how proud you are of them. We have world-class athletes in our area and they deserve a positive support system.

I am thankful every day to be a part of such a special and unique community as it experiences unprecedented growth.

Continue to explore and make the most of everything that we have available to us in our own backyard. I would like to thank media platforms like The Jambalaya News for allowing me to share what I love about our area, while hopefully informing you about something you may have not become aware of otherwise.

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Music 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles

Thursday, Sept. 11 Willie Tee, Warren Storm & Cypress 9 p.m. @ Mikko Live Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder Corey Smith 9 p.m. @ Longhorns (Club) 2374 HWY 109 S., Vinton Karaoke Night 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. @ Crystals 112 Broad St., Lake Charles DJ San-D 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Friday, Sept. 12 Live Piano 7 p.m. @ Ember Grille & Wine Bar 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles Live Music 7 p.m. @ Stellar Beans Coffee 319 Broad St, Lake Charles Street Side Jazz Band 7 p.m. @ Luna Bar & Grill 719 Ryan St, Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. @ Linda’s Lounge 4338 Lake St., Lake Charles Flashback Friday 9 p.m. - Close @ Bourbonz 3436 Ryan St., Lake Charles Live Music 9 p.m. @ Yesterdays

5313 Common St., Lake Charles Karaoke with $3 Cover 9 p.m. @ Frosty Factory 4688 Common St., Lake Charles RKW Show 9 p.m. - Midnight @ The Cigar Club 1700 E Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles Dance Night 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. @ Crystal’s 112 Broad St., Lake Charles DJ Sno 11 p.m. @ Jack After Dark L’Auberge Casino Resort 777 Ave. L’Auberge, Lake Charles

Saturday, Sept. 13

Jay Leno Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder

DeRidder Native Becomes FOX29 Lake Charles Idol

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Over 70 contestants recently auditioned for the FOX29 Lake Charles Idol title. The winner was DeRidder native Trea Trapp, 26, with Garrett Laughlin placing second and Jasmine Abel placing third. Trapp earned a guaranteed audition in front of American Idol producers and a meet and greet with judges Harry Connick, Jr., Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez scheduled for Aug. 27 in New Orleans, with FOX29 providing the hotel stay and reimbursing transportation. American Idol XIV premieres in January 2015.

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Oh, Rhien returns to Luna Live this Saturday, August 30, with Saturate and Tandem.

This group got started when bassist Zac Lyons and drummer Joe Perry, formerly of post-rock instrumental powerhouse Signals to Vega, decided to try out a singer.

Instead, they found two: Brett Howell’s strong and melodic vocals mingle with that of former folk singer Taylor Briggs, fragile and sensual.

Enter two new guitarists: Chase Bonin, who is a beast (with a thirst for metal), and Aaron Meyers, also of the killer lead vocals in the dirtiest of dirty Lake Chuck rock and rollers, Large Marge.

Blend all these influences with super catchy hooks, a dark, ambient feel, and enthusiasm. It has a winning potential, odd as it all might be.

And Oh, Rhien is on a streak, especially for being only a year old. They’re fresh off playing at the X-Games in Austin on June 6. Over 300 bands competed for votes

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through social media, some with waaaaay more “Likes”, and Oh, Rhien ended up in the Top 8 of the country, granting them an invite to perform.

They got general admission wristbands to any and all the events (met Tony Hawk, saw Bad Religion and Kanye West for free, hung out on the Big Air). They even got a trailer with their name on it…“the rock star treatment” basically.

Plus, seeing all the other great bands that’d been voted in gave them even more drive.

Earlier this year, LiveNation offered Oh, Rhien an opening slot in front of P.O.D. and Trapt, an awesome opportunity, with an assist from Rachel of Downfall Rising, that put the band in front of 4,000 ears at the Bayou Music Center in Houston.

Brett’s still a bit stunned by it all. “You can work six, seven years in a band and not get these kinds of opportunities,” he said. “I know s--t like this doesn’t happen every day, and I hope that people who know us…they know how much we appreciate it.”

What they’re most excited about though is

the new EP, Nightmares. “We absolutely destroyed on this record,” Brett said. “This band completely annihilated.” Due credit goes to the producer, Matt Lang: “He turned what we thought were awesome songs into…actual awesome songs.”

Nightmares also features guest vocals on the track “settling the score” from Jonny Craig, an old touring buddy of Brett’s, formerly of Dance Gavin Dance and Emarosa.

Oh, Rhien strives to be a great band in all they do. They show up with good lighting, fancy backdrop, best sound possible. They hope to elevate the tone from “show” to “concert”, to “event.” They don’t oversaturate in any regional market and they play short sets of their best shit. Leave the fans hungry. They work in trades with other regional acts who have draw power. After a little while, it seems like a how-to guide on being a successful band.

Brett grew up a “military brat,” moving around mostly between North Carolina and Tennessee. He’s also a vet in the music industry, having

toured with multiple bands, Warped 2010, contacts all over. Chase and Aaron have both been in bands around Louisiana for years.

“I’ve made 18 years of stupid band mistakes,” Aaron said. “I might not know what you’re supposed to do, but I’ve got a laundry list of things never to do.”

Oh, Rhien works hard and they’re pumped up on big wins, but even if they went no further in the biz, they’d be happy right where they are.

Joe calls Lake Charles “their foundation.” Brett said, “The room to grow in the city is awesome. We’re trying to do our part. This is our home and hopefully, people like us, because we’re not going anywhere.”

Chase, Brett, and Aaron are all family men. The band members call each other family, and all the members of Oh, Rhien absolutely love playing and creating music together.

Despite all the industry talk, Aaron says, “The main reason to work so hard for a band you believe in is for those six kids in the front row screaming.” And that’s plenty.

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ANNUAL BARBE BLUEBELLE’S DANCE CLINIC

Elliot Stutes, Camdyn LeCronier, Anna Grace Cholley, Kallen Stough and Gabrielle Welch

Abby Chasson, Asia Jones and Emma Chasson

It was a big day of fun and excitement at Barbe High School as girls from pre-K through the 11th grade were taught dance routines and given tips by the Barbe Bluebelle’s dancers.

Each participant received a clinic T-shirt, certificate and a chance to perform at a Barbe football game. Three cheers!

Shelby Castille and Paige Phillips

Deja Feast, Laylah and Raven Berard

Alli Hunt, Kaleigh Irwin, Kinsley Clemons and Alexa Fountain

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM’S 12TH ANNUAL IMAGINATION CELEBRATION It was probably the biggest turnout yet as the Children’s Museum presented their 12th Annual Imagination Celebration at the Civic Center Coliseum. It was ‘80s-themed extravaganza with delicious food selections served up by 20-plus local restaurants, a silent and live auction of goodies, a celebrity karaoke contest (congrats to the winners, Anne and Lee J. Monlezun!) and tunes by the Other Blues Brothers! Totally rad!

Romona and Jimmy Thomas

Dori Bell and Dana Swift

Amanda VanMetre and Julie McCardel

Father Brian King, Drue Lannin and Cathy King

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MOVIES IN THE SQUARE City of Sulphur’s Heritage Square was the place to be for a free movie under the stars!

Folks came with lawn chairs and blankets and enjoyed popcorn served up by Sulphur Mayor Chris Duncan and friends. Tonight’s feature was Disney’s Planes, enjoyed by all, big and small. Coming up next: Tom & Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse!

Katie and Lauri O’Brien

Melissa and Bella Anne Walker

Jessica, Justin and Josie Vincent

Mayor Chris and Angel Duncan

Tylee Vincent, Mica, Allison and Lacy Thibodeaux

PAUL GONSOULIN AT LOGGERHEADS Loggerheads Riverside Bar & Grill is a beautiful establishment overlooking the river in Moss Bluff—the perfect place to enjoy drinks, a beautiful sunset, some Who Dat football, and live music. Tonight, local musician Paul Gonsoulin entertained a full house, making it a perfect Louisiana Saturday night!

Brant Marceaux and Kalie Guidry, Ryan and Lauri Starr, Ashley and Brent Miller

Crystal Fruge, Kalie Guidry, Paul Gonsoulin and Joanna Fontenot

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Joel Hurst and Sylvia Mallett

Megan Doucete and Brooklyn Stratton

Judice Ardoin, Ed Welch, Wanda Watson and Elouse Ozan

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District 3-5A Barbe Bucs Sept. 5 -- vs. Washington-Marion, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at LaGrange, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at West Monroe, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *at Carencro, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *vs. Acadiana, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Lafayette, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. New Iberia, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Comeaux, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Sulphur (at LaGrange), 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Sam Houston, 7 p.m.

Sam Houston Broncos Sept. 5 -- vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 -- at Washington-Marion, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Westlake, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *vs. Comeaux, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *at Sulphur (at LaGrange), 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. New Iberia, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Carencro, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Acadiana, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Barbe, 7 p.m.

Sulphur Tors Sept. 5 -- at St. Thomas More, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Washington-Marion, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *vs. New Iberia (at LaGrange High), 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *vs. Sam Houston (at LaGrange High), 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Carencro, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Acadiana (at LaGrange High), 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Lafayette, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Barbe (at LaGrange High), 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Comeaux, 7 p.m.

District 3-4A DeRidder Dragons Sept. 5 -- at Westlake, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Natchitoches Central, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Jennings, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Southwood, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Leesville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Bolton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Grant, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Peabody, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Tioga, 7 p.m.

Washington -Marion Charging Indians Washington-Marion Charging Indians Sept. 5 -- at Barbe, 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 -- vs. Sam Houston, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Sulphur, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *vs. Rayne, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *at Eunice, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Crowley, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Beau Chene, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Opelousas, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- at Carroll, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at LaGrange, 7 p.m.

District 4-3A Iota Bulldogs Sept. 5 -- vs. Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at St. Edmund, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Welsh, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- at Kinder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Iowa, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Westlake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Jennings, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Iowa YellowJackets Sept. 5 -- at Erath, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Woodlawn-Shreveport, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Tioga, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Kaplan, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- at White Castle, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Iota, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Westlake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Jennings, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Jennings Bulldogs Sept. 5 -- vs. St. Martinville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Eunice, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at DeRidder, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Plaquemine, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Winnfield, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Iota, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Iowa, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Westlake, 7 p.m.

District 4-4A LaGrange Gators

S. Beauregard Golden Knights

Sept. 5 -- vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Barbe, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. University Lab, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Calvary Baptist, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *at Rayne, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Eunice, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 -- *at Crowley, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Beau Chene, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Opelousas, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Washington-Marion, 7 p.m.

Sept. 5 -- vs. DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Welsh, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. DeRidder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- at Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Westlake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Jennings, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Iota, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Iowa, 7 p.m.

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St. Louis Saints Sept. 5 -- at Sam Houston, 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 -- vs. Abbeville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. West Feliciana, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- at Marksville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Jennings, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Iowa, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Westlake, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Iota, 7 p.m.

Westlake Rams Sept. 5 -- vs. DeRidder, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Crowley, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Sam Houston, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Kinder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Patterson, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Iota, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Iowa, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Jennings, 7 p.m.

District 3-2A Oakdale Warriors Sept. 5 -- at Welsh, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Avoyelles, 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 -- vs. Kinder, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Ville Platte, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- at DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Bunkie, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Pickering, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Many, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Menard, 7 p.m.

Rosepine Eagles Sept. 5 -- at Merryville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 -- vs. Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- at Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- vs. Welsh, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Menard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Many, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Oakdale, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Bunkie, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Pickering, 7 p.m.

District 4-2A DeQuincy Tigers Sept. 5 -- at South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at North Caddo, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Pickering, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Oakdale, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Mamou, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Kinder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Vinton, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Welsh, 7 p.m.

Kinder YellowJackets Sept. 5 -- vs. Elton, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 -- at Oakdale, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Westlake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Iota, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Vinton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Welsh, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Mamou, 7 p.m.

Lake Arthur Tigers Sept. 5 -- at Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Delcambre, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Iota, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- vs. South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Kinder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Welsh, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Mamou, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Vinton, 7 p.m.

Vinton Lions Sept. 5 -- at Abbeville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Elton, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Merryville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Pine Prairie, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- vs. Pickering, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Welsh, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Kinder, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Mamou, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Welsh Greyhounds Sept. 5 -- vs. Oakdale, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Vermilion Catholic, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at South Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- vs. Iota, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- at Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Vinton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Mamou, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. Kinder, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

District 4-1A E. Beauregard Trojans Sept. 5 -- at LaSalle, 7 p.m.

Sept. 11 -- vs. Pine Prairie, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Bunkie, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *at Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- *vs. Merryville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 -- *at South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Basile, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Elton, 7 p.m.

Elton Indians Sept. 5 -- at Kinder, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Vinton, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Delcambre, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *at Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *vs. Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Merryville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Basile, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Grand Lake Hornets Sept. 5 -- vs. Ascension Episcopal, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Gueydan, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Pickering, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *vs. Elton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *vs. South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Basile, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Merryville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Hamilton Christian

Warriors Sept. 5 -- vs. Lake Arthur, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. St. Mary, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- at Lafayette Christian, 7 p.m.

Sept. 25 -- *at South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *vs. Basile, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Elton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30 -- *at Merryville, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *vs. Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Merryville Panthers Sept. 5 -- vs. Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Pickering, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. Vinton, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *at Basile, 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 -- *at East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Elton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *at Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *vs. Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30 -- *vs. Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Nov. 6 -- *at South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Oberlin Tigers Sept. 5 -- at Iota, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- vs. Kinder, 7 p.m.

Sept. 18 -- at Rosepine, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 -- *vs. East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *at Elton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *vs. Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 -- *vs. Merryville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *vs. South Cameron, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7 -- *at Basile, 7 p.m.

S. Cameron Tarpons Sept. 5 -- vs. Gueydan, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 -- at Mamou, 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 -- vs. DeQuincy, 7 p.m.

Sept. 25 -- *vs. Hamilton Christian, 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 -- *at Grand Lake, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 -- *at Basile, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 -- *vs. East Beauregard, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 -- *at Elton, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31 -- *at Oberlin, 7 p.m.

Nov. 6 -- *vs. Merryville, 7 p.m.

* -- district games.

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FOOTBALL! Angler Bait Barb Bass Catch

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Reel River Sinker Stringers Waders

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