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March 2022

The Gifts of Mentoring

The Gifts of Mentoring: Ways You’ll Benefit from Being a Mentor As a leader, you’re really busy. While mentoring a rising high performer may sound like a great opportunity, you might worry that you just don’t have the bandwidth. But here’s something you may not have considered: Most people think […]

March 2022

Family Works – Local Business Legacies

Family Works Local Business Legacies by Angie Kay Dilmore J&J Exterminating Robert “Bobby” John, Sr. and his older brother Harry John, a decorated WWII fighter pilot, started J&J Exterminating in 1959. Named for their last names, the business has remained in the family for over 60 years. Bobby John’s son […]

March 2022

Plan Your Career

Plan Your Career Over three million high school seniors will graduate this spring, according to a Harvard University report. Some of you may have known what you wanted to be when you grow up since you were a kid, but for others, making decisions about your future can be a […]

March 2022

Weathering Stress

Weathering Stress April is Stress Awareness Month by Kristy Como Armand It would be difficult to find anyone who didn’t feel the past two years have been uniquely stressful, particularly in Southwest Louisiana, where we have faced not only the pandemic, but a series of natural disasters. Many residents have been […]

March 2022

National Autism Month

National Autism Month April In 2021, the CDC reported that approximately 1 in 44 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to 2018 data. The disorder is found in all ethnic and socioeconomic groups and is more prevalent in boys than girls – 1 […]

March 2022

Recovery Spotlight: Market Basket

Recovery Spotlight: Market Basket by Angie Kay Dilmore Market Basket supermarkets are legendary in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas. Beginning in 1961 with the first store in Nederland, Tx. and now with 30 locations, Market Basket has been stocking the kitchens of these communities for 61 years. When Hurricanes Laura […]

March 2022

Lets Taco ‘Bout It

Lets Taco ‘Bout It Getting Ready for Cinco de Mayo in the Lake Area by Stefanie Powers Mexican food is probably the hands-down favorite of diners in SWLA, next to our Cajun delights. New restaurants continue to open to keep up with the tastes of the locals who can’t seem […]

March 2022

Planning a Party?

Planning a Party? Here are the latest event food trends by Kerry Andersen Our Facebook feeds are beginning to fill up with happy photos of friends and neighbors gathering to celebrate life’s moments again. After being separated for so long, social occasions are now especially cherished, and party planners and […]

March 2022

Stretch Therapy

Stretch Therapy Offers a Range of Health Benefits by Kerry Andersen Most of us do it. The alarm rings. We stand up, throw our arms up in the air and – stretch – a most satisfying stretch. Then we do something that can cause harm to our bodies without even […]