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Lone-gone Ida still holds power over parish

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Public officials don’t like to be powerless. But that’s exactly where Lincoln Parish Sheriff Stephen Williams, Assessor Billy McBride and Parish Administrator Doug Postel find themselves as they wait for the Nov. 13 election to be over.

Don your purple this month to team with DART

It’s time to hunt for something purple in your closet, folks.

Have you figured out the real anti-vaxxers?

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As with Robert Frost’s two paths diverging in the woods, the COVID pandemic has hit a fork in the road.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

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Q: Our 13-year-old eighth-grader says he doesn’t like the small private school he attends and wants us to put him in public high school next year. His grades are fine, he’s got several close friends, and he’s on the basketball and track teams, but he says that he’s bored and wants to attend a bigger school that offers more in the way of classes and activities.

Striking the right balance in parenting

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If you read my column, then you know that I have two little boys at home. Between them and their father, there is never a dull moment in my home. When I was a little bit younger, if you had told me that I would be the mother to not just one, but two amazing little people, I would’ve laughed in your face. This journey has been one of the greatest experiencesb especially since I know that it is just beginning. However, there is one thing that I didn’t think would amuse me so much, and that is watching them learn and mimic each other.

Here's my anti-opinion opinion

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It happens all the time.

It’s time to write another weekly column, so I sit down and cast my thoughts in every conceivable direction.

Jury has homework to do on hospital tax

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It isn’t often that a business asks to be taxed. But that’s exactly what Allegiance Health Management is doing.

Pandemic shopping has become perilous

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One of the things that I dread now is grocery shopping. I never knew the calculating and planning that it took to make sure cabinets were filled. Honestly, I knew but I had never really paid attention until it started to come out of my pocket.

Child, teen mental health plummeted over the years

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Most of the problems today’s parents are experiencing in the course of raising children are due to a faulty “parentview.”

Muhammad Ali and a tomato soup can

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I dropped a can of tomato soup on my toe yesterday. Well, actually, I dropped a grocery bag containing several items, and the soup can was what made contact. It hit at the point right before the nail starts.