Quick, who’s your favorite team’s backup quarterback? Or the backup’s backup? Who’s their best pass rushing proxy? Fill-in cover cornerback? What about the substitute snapper or the stand-in blindside protector?
Funeral services will be held for Horace D. Slaton, 90, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Homer, on Thursday, December 30, 2021, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Slaton Teague, officiating.
Charles (Chuck) A. Wood IV, age 50, of Studio City, California, died on December 10, 2021. He was born August 27, 1971 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, to Dr. Charles and Jeanette Wood.
It is worthwhile to take a moment to evaluate the long and winding road of the year just ended and reflect upon the journey of the New Year upon which we are about to embark.
Q: I have six-month- and 32-month-old boys. The older one — well-mannered, easy going, very affectionate — attends a preschool program three mornings a week. This is his second year there.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have two siblings. I’m close to one, and things are awkward with the other. Over the years, I have tried to keep a bond going with my sibling, but now I’m tired. Depending on her mood when I call, she can be friendly or terse. I never know what I’m going to get, and she is never accommodating of my feelings. I always have to kowtow to her. I am tired of it.
