Krewe of Cypress presents debutantes

The local Krewe of Cypress presented five young ladies at its annual Debutante Ball held on Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Carl F. Grant Civic Center in Plaquemine. 

COOKING WITH PAM BOESCH ...

This week, Post/South cooking guru Pam Boesch shares her recipe for a delicious winter favorite: Crawfish Corn and Potato Chowder. Enjoy ...

Iberville chapter of DAR holds meeting at Iberville Museum

A meeting of the Iberville Parish Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held recently at the Iberville Parish Museum in Plaquemine.

MSA-W Becomes a Smart Bodies School

Iberville Math, Science, and Arts Academy West faculty and staff recently became a partner in health with the LSU AgCenter and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation by participating in a Smart Bodies Teacher Training conducted by LSU AgCenter Agent, Layne A. Langley.

Local musician honors returning troops

Local musician, sculpture artist, and Renaissance Man John W. Rosso has written a song honoring our troops who are stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq on his C.D. produced at Oak Tree Studio in Addis back in late May of this year.

Local has European trip in planning stages

Plaquemine resident Donna Kirkland, who plans annual trips to Europe, has one set up for June of 2012.

Jim Hillibish: Your new electronic device needs protection

The popularity burst of laptops, netbooks, tablets, mp3 players, cellphones and what have you has created a protection cottage industry. Your choices are so vast and prices so varied, you may spend more time shopping covers than the devices inside.

The first of Four seasons...the Atchafalaya Basin ( Photos/article by Tryve Brackin)

When old friend Gene Seneca offered to take me into the Atchafalaya Basin to take photographs I jumped at the opportunity.

Over the Counter: Live healthier now and later

A recent study sponsored by the United Health Foundation indicated that 40 percent (2 of every 5) of those living in the United States may be obese by 2018.

Dr. Jeff Hersh: Chronic lower-back pain may be disc herniation or synovial cyst

Q: One of my relatives has had lower-back pain, and they diagnosed her with a synovial cyst. They tried to put a needle in it to take out the fluid, and now they want to do surgery. What is this disease, and is surgery the right answer?

Dr. Murray Feingold: What's in a medical name?

What’s in a name you may ask? Well, to many people a great deal, especially when the name relates to some type of medical condition.

Barbara Murphy: Nobody's perfect, right?

The other night, while watching the nightly news, I heard the newsman announce that the next featured story of the night was to be about lefties. That would be me!

James Jackson: Is the FCC setting the decency standard too high?

Last month, the Supreme Court heard a case concerning the FCC and fines for networks that violate governmentally determined decency standards. In this case, it was an issue centered on fines imposed because Cher used an expletive at an awards ceremony.

Looking Up: Star-filled imagination

With an imagination, the sky is full of surprise. One never knows what you’ll see next. Like imagining shapes in fair weather cumulus clouds, a night sky watcher will see all sorts of things. You may be a grown adult and think finding cloud shapes is something just for kids. A night under the stars will cure you of that.

Dr. Michael Jones: Get moving with your arthritis

The best advice I can give for arthritis-related pain is to get up and get moving. Staying active and using your joints helps to keep them lubricated and prevents further breakdown and arthritis from setting in.

Dr. Carol Bauer: Tinnitus is a troubling hearing condition described as ringing in the ears

An estimated 36 million Americans experience a chronic phantom sound in their ears, known as tinnitus. The sound is perceived either in the head or in the ears in the absence of any external source of sound.

Linda Castor: Resolve to slay your dragon this year

We keep reading or hearing the words “perfect,” “best” or “success” as ways to define ourselves and how we should start the new year. It’s a lot to live up to. And, frankly, it can be quite overwhelming.

Jim Hillibish: Turn to sliders for your Super Bowl party

Amid this fun, the term “slider” justly is expanding to mean any miniature sandwich in a dinner roll. There are fish ones, club ones, reuben ones, chicken salad ones...

Wayne L. Westcott: Does electrical muscle stimulation add to strength?

We recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone and strength training plus electrical stimulation.

Yardsmart: Heirlooms protect the genetic diversity of our food supply

We had a cold spring. The modern hybrids languished while the heirlooms took off despite the cool season. This proved that the hybrids did not have the wide range of climatic tolerances as the heirlooms. If I had not planted heirlooms, I would not have had a tomato harvest that year.

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