By Nathan Coker
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Feb 28th, 2025
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Once upon a time Christine Wong Rambo was a five-year-old little girl, boarding a Pan American flight from Hong Kong to the United States immigrating with her family. This bright youngster had taught herself English by watching Saturday morni...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 30th, 2025
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Whether finding ways to make life a little better for nursing home residents, helping children learn the joy of reading, or promoting economic development and assisting organizations in creating jobs – Dr. White has always been counted on to ...
By Nathan Coker
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Dec 4th, 2024
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK It is something of a miracle that Roy Heatherly isn’t still living in St. Louis, cheering on his beloved St. Louis Cardinal baseball team. He readily admits that one of his earliest career aspirations was to play baseball for the Cardinals or...
By Nathan Coker
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Oct 31st, 2024
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Loretta Hudson has lived in North Louisiana nearly all of her life. She grew up playing outdoors with the farm animals and running around and swimming with her siblings. These were special times where Loretta learned the importance of love, f...
By Nathan Coker
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Oct 1st, 2024
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK For many in our region – and well beyond – William Stanley “Stan” Humphries is a hero (and not just for football). Many remember his years playing football at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe). There h...
By Nathan Coker
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Sep 2nd, 2024
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Probably many of you reading this have at one time or other had a clothing garment “rescued” by talented seamstress Shirley Heath. Whether doing light alterations such as hemming slacks, or more serious ones such as completely remaking a fami...
By Nathan Coker
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Jul 31st, 2024
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark It is easy to understand why Erma Irene Hudson is something of a celebrity in her hometown of Ruston. Her own “Erma’s Restaurant” became a landmark for many in search of a good, home-cooked meal. Her to-die-for cinnamon rolls (made from scrat...
By Nathan Coker
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Jul 1st, 2024
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ARTICLE BY GEORGIANN POTTSPHOTOGRAPHY BY KELLY MOORE CLARK Retired Air Force Colonel Bruce Seeber recently spoke about his amazing life – one that is an inspiration to us all, and which should be read by those who have little concept of the depth of sacrifice men and women have made to keep this coun...
By Nathan Coker
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Jun 3rd, 2024
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark June 16, 2023, is Father’s Day. For this issue, we proudly honor two special men who happen to be father and son. Ray Newman and his son Todd are both interesting characters, and both are extremely successful. Though Todd did not follow his d...
By Nathan Coker
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May 1st, 2024
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article by Georgiann Pottsphotography by Kelly Moore Clark Terri McClendon Trichel has dabbled with design since childhood. Whether she was looking around her home for building supplies with which to build houses for her Barbie dolls or drawing house plans just for fun, it was clear early on that des...
